House panel approves system loss, power generation bills

Inquirer.net - Oct 12, 2026

MANILA, Philippines — The House Committee on Energy approved on Monday substitute bills, along with their corresponding committee reports, which will remove the system loss charge from electric bills and liberalize power generation down to the consumer level. Since President Ferdinand Marcos identified the system loss issue in his last State of the Nation Address (SONA),

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