Tag: electricity bill

President Duterte approves extension of no-disconnection policy for low-income lifeline customers

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has approved the extension of the no-disconnection policy for “lifeliners” or low-income families who have low electricity consumption. Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said this was the President’s decision on the recommendation of the Department of Energy during the Cabinet meeting on Wednesday. “The President readily agreed given that electricity is a basic necessity our countrymen cannot live without,” he said. According to Nograles, lifeliners are those who consume 100 […]

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Emergency powers vs. electricity bill

Malacañang cannot say that there will be no increase in the price of electricity once President Aquino is given emergency powers. Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said that it is DOE Secretary Jericho Petilla who knows the mechanism on how the electricity industry will run under the emergency powers of the President. Lacierda added that the government’s main concern is to ensure that there will be no shortage in the energy supply come summer of 2015.

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