Tag: deregulation of electricity industry
EPIRA has delivered profits for a few, not affordable power to Filipinos
Hulyo 3, 2026
EPIRA has failed to make electricity affordable, and instead created possibly the region’s most expensive power system, while enriching a few.
Watt a burden
Abril 26, 2026
What is the government doing? Despite President Marcos Jr’s Executive Order 110 declaring a “state of national energy emergency”, on March 24, it’s business as usual for oil, energy, and electricity firms. The government, meanwhile, just continues with the 12% value-added tax on electricity, adding to the burden of the majority who are already financially struggling, while power firms profit from the crisis.
