Ivan John Uy’s appointment as Secretary of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is reportedly in danger of being rejected by the Commission on Appointments (CA) because he gave dismissed Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) chief Jose Vicente Salazar a plum post at the agency, Politiko has learned.
The Department of Energy (DOE) and the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) should ensure that widespread brownouts will not happen after the Court of Appeals (CA) issued a temporary restraining order suspending the power supply agreement (PSA) between San Miguel Corp. (SMC) and Meralco.
Senator Imee Marcos on Saturday endorsed Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) chair Agnes Devanadera to be the next secretary of the Department of Energy.
House Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate on Friday challenged the outgoing Duterte administration to heed the call of Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) chairperson Agnes Devanadera to scrap the Value Added Tax (VAT) on electricity and suspend the excise tax on petroleum products.
House Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate on Thursday welcomed the decision of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) ordering Meralco to refund some P7.8 billion of over collection from its customers.
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday urged the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to ensure that there would be no power interruptions during the May election period so as not to compromise the integrity and credibility of the polls.
Senator Bong Revilla Jr. on Thursday appealed to his colleagues to retain the original budget proposal of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC).
Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) chairperson Agnes Devanadera has warned of brownouts after the Office of the Ombudsman suspended four of the body’s commissioners.
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) practically allowed the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) to collect P200 billion from consumers for 20 years by exempting it from the competitive selection process (CSP) for power supply agreements (PSAs), the Office of the Ombudsman said.
Duterte: I will eventually remove suspended ERC chair
