If you only came to the story when the Lopez cousins started suing each other, it helps to start with a simpler picture: one family, one flagship utility, and a very ambitious buyout.
An additional P125 await Filipinos consuming at least 200 kWh of power.
The Manila Electric Co. or Meralco is set to raise residential electricity bills this month by exactly P.06268 per kilowatt-hour to P13.2703 per kWh from P12.6435. What exactly went into these power rates climbing?Meralco Vice-President and ...
Meralco's COO, Ronnie L. Aperocho, details the company's vision for modernizing the grid and integrating diverse clean energy sources to ensure reliable service for eight million customers.
Across the Philippine archipelago, eight million customers depend on Meralco-the country's largest private-sector electric distribution utility company. "That's eight million different needs, expectations, and lives," says Ronnie L. Aperocho, the company's executive vice president and chief operating ...
Ferdinand Geluz's work at Meralco highlights the power of responsive service in building communities.
As a young boy, Ferdinand O. Geluz was fascinated by the stories behind the gigantic transmission towers and the long electric cables that stretched over their shoulders, as well as the brave linemen who oversaw and worked on them. This caught his ...
A total of 38 Philippine firms were included in the roster.
Thirty-eight Philippine companies are included in Fortune Magazine's inaugural Southeast Asia 500, a list of revenue-generating firms that have made significant contributions to the region, even in the face of economic challenges.Leading the pack is billionaire Ramon Ang' ...
The strong start was driven by the merger between the Gokongwei Group's Robinsons Bank and the Ayalas' Bank of the Philippine Islands.
Gokongwei-led conglomerate JG Summit Holdings started the year strong, with its net income surging to P12.6 billion in the first quarter. This was up by 213 percent year-on-year, on the back of performances across its food, real estate, ...
The power giant says it is looking to adopt nuclear energy to address supply problems.
Hot weather pushing up demand for electricity is normal, especially during the summer. But the scorching heat we've been experiencing the past few weeks, triggered by both the dry season and El Niño, has become unbearable-to the point people ...
Three of the country’s leading power companies are working together for the first time in a major LNG project.
Three big conglomerates have joined hands in a major energy project seen to help boost energy security in the country steer the country toward a cleaner, more sustainable future. Manny Pangilinan-chaired Meralco Power Gen Corp. Sabin Abitiz-led Aboitiz Power Corp., ...
Bought by a company where another Manny Pangilinan unit also has a minority stake in.
Meralco is selling its electric vehicle unit eSakay to On-Us Solutions Inc., which operates modern jeepney operator Byahe for P84.7 million, the listed company said on Tuesday (August 15). eSakay is an end-to-end EV transport solutions provider that ...
Manolo Lopez, scion of the Lopez family and former chairman and CEO of Meralco, has died, his family announced on Thursday (January 12). He was 80 years old. Lopez, who also served as chairman of Rockwell Land, was the brother of former ...
Chinese carmaker BYD recently announced its partnership with Meralco subsidiary eSakay, Inc. for the latter's Green Mobility Program, which will use the brand's electric vehicle (EV) models, the BYD e2 and T3. The electrification of eSakay's vehicle fleet is ...
House of Representatives Deputy Speaker and 1Sagip Party Representative Rodante Marcoleta wants the Commission on Audit to inspect Meralco's books and has called for a review of the company's legislative franchise, even if Meralco's franchise allows it to operate ...
If you’re still looking for reliable home internet, there’s a new broadband provider in town.
Meralco, the country's largest private electric distribution company, is getting into the broadband internet game. The company, which is chaired by Manny Pangilinan, is launching Red Broadband, an unlimited fiber broadband and pay TV service, through a partnership between its wholly ...
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