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by John BIERS and Daniel HOFFMAN Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Some 2.7 million households in Texas were still without power as of Wednesday morning in the wake of extremely cold weather buffeting the region. But while the unusual Arctic air mass has lashed numerous states with snow and sleet with more on the way Thursday, Texas, the heart of the country’s oil industry, has seen the worst of the power outages. […]
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) — The US has granted Iraq a three-month extension to a sanctions waiver allowing it to import Iranian gas, an Iraqi official told AFP Monday. The move represents a welcome reprieve for a country that relies heavily on its neighbour for energy supplies. Iraq buys gas and electricity from Iran to supply about a third of its power sector, worn down by years of conflict and poor maintenance and unable to meet […]
(Eagle News) — The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has asked the Manila Electric Company to “explain and show proof” of its basis for its computation of electric bills of consumers during the past quarantine period amid mounting complaints of overcharging its consumers. ERC Chair Agnes VST Devanadera said that the commission had been “bombarded with complaints” about the Meralco high billing for the months of March, April and May, 2020 and the ERC wanted […]
Eagle News — During the coronavirus pandemic, millions of people around the world are without jobs and without substantial finances to provide for their needs and basic necessities. Panamanian President, Laurentino Cortizo, has announced that for a million La Autoridad Nacional de los Servicios Públicos (ASEP) customers, there will be a 30% to 50% discount from their electricity bill starting from April. This discount will continue to be in effect till June. The President also reassured Panamanians that […]
(Eagle News) – Expect a refund in electric bills after the Energy Regulatory Commission’s order for the refund to electricity customers of the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) some P1.08 billion after alleged “miscalculations” in the net settlement surplus (NSS) allocations from June last year to May this year. The P1.08 billion was the accumulated amount which ERC has ordered the market operators of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market to return to electric customers covered […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Power was mostly restored in Jakarta and Indonesia’s heavily populated Java island after a widespread electricity outage Sunday that the state utility PLN blamed on disruptions at several power plants. Tens of millions of people were affected by the blackout which plunged buildings in the sprawling capital — home to about 30 million people — into darkness and forced the temporary closure of its new mass rapid transit system. Passengers were […]
(Eagle News) – This July, electricity rates will go down again because of lower charges from independent power producers, according to Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) said Monday, July 8. This will be the third consecutive month of electricity rate cuts. “The downward adjustment of P0.1068 per kWh will mean a decrease of around P21 in the total bill,” Meralco said. “The third straight month of electricity rate decrease represents a total downward adjustment of around […]
by Catherine HOURS PARIS, France (AFP) — E-scooters touted as zero-carbon urban transport are flooding city streets worldwide, but just how green they remain an open question. The companies — from multinationals to local start-ups — distributing them insist the omnipresent two-wheel vehicles are a boon for the environment and a curb on global warming. “Bird was founded to help create a cleaner and the more hospitable world that prioritizes people over cars,” the American […]
(Eagle News) — Leftists on Tuesday, April 29, asked the Supreme Court to ban Manila Electric Corp. from imposing and collecting funds from customers that will make up the bill deposits. In a petition for certiorari, Neri Colmenares, Bayan Muna partlist Rep. Carlos Zarate, Anakpawis partylist Rep. Ariel Casilao, Gabriela Reps. Emerenciana de Jesus and Arlene Brosas, ACT Teachers partylist Rep. Francisca Castro, Kabataan partylist Rep. Sarah Elago and Bagong Alyansang Makabayan secretary general Renato […]
(Eagle News)—Some customers of Manila Electric Co. may have a temporary service disruption on Tuesday, April 23. “Your service may have been affected by a rotational brownout due to power shortage that may last for an hour,” Meralco said in an advisory, after the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines announced red and yellow alerts were hoisted over the Luzon grid. The NGCP said the yellow alert, which means reserves are less than the power […]
(Eagle News)—The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines has hoisted a yellow alert on the Luzon grid anew, after lifting the same hours before. The NGCP said in a Facebook post the alert was in place on Saturday, April 13, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. The cause for the re-hoisting of the alert, which means reserves are less than the capacity of the biggest plant online, or […]
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Venezuela’s government announced Sunday that it is reducing the length of the workday and keeping schools closed due to devastating electricity blackouts plaguing the country. Crippled infrastructure, little investment in the power grid and poor maintenance mean that the widespread blackouts that have hit Venezuela throughout the month of March are likely here to stay. Add to that the country’s economic deep crisis, eye-popping inflation rate and the “brain drain” of […]
