Cayetano, a minority leader in the Senate, called for Department of Energy involvement regarding Meralco's impact on the Luzon grid.

The entities involved

• Alan Peter Cayetano →

  Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from 2019 to 2020

  • Robin Padilla is under preliminary investigation regarding an ICC matter, and he helped elect Alan Peter Cayetano as Senate president.Fri 23:28
  • Cayetano led the minority bloc, while the Villar family faced an investigation into water services. Separately, Tulfo's appeal successfully reversed Escudero's ruling.Wed 19:17
• Meralco →

  Philippine electric company

  • President Marcos is seeking to prohibit Meralco from passing system loss charges while the Senate prioritizes bills to boost workers' pay.Thu 18:26
  • The Bureau of Internal Revenue issued an RMC removing VAT on system loss charges, following President Marcos's intervention and Congress's action.Thu 18:26
• Luzon →

  largest island of the Philippines

  • Worsening flooding patterns in Luzon since the major event of Ondoy.Sun 21:25
  • The Asian Development Bank is providing feasibility funding for a bridge project aimed at improving connectivity in Luzon.Sun 16:37
• Department of Energy →

  Philippine energy department

  • The Department of Energy manages the national energy sector operations in the Philippines.Mon 06:45
  • The crisis in West Asia has prompted the Department of Energy to drive energy and mobility policy for the Philippines, focusing on energy security.Mon 03:42

Related events

• Advocates are pushing for the return of national grid planning to the Department of Energy, noting that Luzon has excess capacity that could assist the Visayas region.Sep 22
• Meralco, the country's largest power firm, is owned 48 percent by First Pacific, whose magnate is Salim. Manuel V. Pangilinan serves as Meralco's CEO.Aug 18