Explainers
#SONA2023: UNRELIABLE POWER INDUSTRY UNDER MARCOS
Privatization remains the framework for the power industry in President Marcos’ first year in office. While there are proposals to amend the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 (EPIRA), they fail to acknowledge the adverse effects of privatization to the power industry, as evidenced by the steady increase in Read more…
Statements
AGHAM Calls for Comprehensive Reforms to the Electric Power Industry
AGHAM – Advocates of Science and Technology for the People expressed its stance on the proposed bill which seeks to amend various sections of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 (EPIRA), welcoming positive amendments but reiterating its earlier position against the privatization and deregulation of the power industry Read more…
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BBM Priority Bills on public utilities out of sync to the reality of costly social services
AGHAM – Advocates of Science and Technology for the People denounces the pronouncement of President Marcos Jr’s priority bills that are said to improve governance. “The priority bills on public utilities do not address our primary problems as these bills do not retain privatization and deregulation, which result in high Read more…
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SC decision allowing Meralco’s power rate hike is a disservice, burden to consumers
AGHAM – Advocates of Science and Technology for the People Secretary General Jona Yang expresses dismay over the decision of the Supreme Court favoring Meralco’s power rate hike in 2013 at P4.15 per kilowatt hour increase. “This unprecedented increase in the cost of electricity is the making of big energy Read more…
Statements
Resist corporate take-over of electric coops, resist corporate take-over of DANECO
Support Statement of AGHAM for DANECO-CDA AGHAM – Advocates of Science and Technology for the People supports the call of the Davao del Norte Electric Cooperative or DANECO for recognition of their authority as the sole electricity provider to the provinces of Davao del Norte and Compostela Valley. We reiterate Read more…
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Duterte’s coal tax a burden to power consumers
Scientist group AGHAM – Advocates of Science and Technology for the People slammed the coal tax included in the Duterte administration’s tax reform program, saying it will result to higher electricity costs despite maintaining business-as-usual coal pollution. “Electricity consumers are at the losing end with the imposition of the coal Read more…
Statements
Oppose Meralco’s midnight deals!
Electricity consumers headed by the alliance People Opposed to Warrantless Electricity Rates (POWER) and AGHAM – Advocates of Science and Technology for the People trooped to Meralco Generation’s office at the Rockwell Business Center on Tuesday to demand Meralco to abandon the 7 “midnight deals” or the anomalous power supply Read more…
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ERC’s Approval of the PSALM’s recovery favors power oligarch’s greed
We in AGHAM denounce the Energy Regulatory Commission’s approval of the petition Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) petition to recover P 21.47 billion pesos for the operating costs it incurred from 2007 to 2014 as it favors power oligarchs, bleeding the consumers dry from the exorbitant electricity Read more…
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Scientists, consumers to Meralco: Pay up for billions of pesos in debt
Scientist activist group AGHAM – Advocates of Science and Technology for the People together with consumer group People Opposed to unWarranted Electricity Rates (POWER), Bayan Muna Party-list and other people’s organizations trooped to Meralco on Wednesday morning to demand Meralco to pay up for its debts to the Filipino people Read more…