We are a nation that has been duped by the promises of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act or RA 9136 that was passed into law in 2001.

Leaders of the House backed a comprehensive review of the Epira to possibly bring down the cost of electricity in the country.

WITH the President himself backing changes to RA 9136, Villafuerte said the Congress should pursue eight reforms, topped by amending Epira, “to foster genuine market competition” that, in turn ...

The Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) of 2001 or RA 9136 was among the most important pro-market reforms in the Philippines. Before that law, the government-owned National Power Corporation ...

In an en banc ruling, the Court affirmed the constitutionality of Sections 34 and 43 (b) (ii) of RA 9136 empowering the ERC to fix and approve the universal charge imposed on electricity end-users ...

There are 14 bills or resolutions on Epira pending at the House of Representatives and lawmakers have began hearings on amendments to RA 9136. Some want amendments while others want the law repealed.

The Electric Power Industry Reform Act (Epira) should be repealed to combat the power cartel and to protect consumers from high electricity costs, Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives said.

In 2000 or one year before the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 (EPIRA, RA 9136), the primary energy consumption (PEC, for transportation, cooking, electricity, etc.) of these four ASEAN ...

- The proposed measure amending the Electric Power Industries Reform Act, or RA 9136, would not likely pass as Congress adjourned sine die on Wednesday. Senate President Manuel Villar said that even ...

He is scheduled to sign into law today three bills – the measure extending Republic Act 9136 or the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA), and the bills “Allowing the Employment of Night ...

Is the establishment of IEMOP pursuant to the RA 9136 (Epira)? Yes. RA 9136 or the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (Epira) provides for the creation of an independent entity which will operate the ...