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POWER BLOC: SCRAP VAT, LOWER ELECTRICITY COSTS

The Power Bloc composed of solons from the PHILRECA Party List, APEC Party List, RECOBODA Party List, and Ako Padayon Pilipino Party List at the House of Representatives has long proposed legislation exempting electricity from the imposition of value-added tax (VAT). Filed last July 2019, at the start of the 18th Congress, House Bill 3248 […]

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HOUSE POWER BLOC SAYS HB 10306 VIOLATES EPIRA

The Power Bloc in the House of Representatives has expressed its strong disapproval of the passage of House Bill No. 10306  or An Act Amending Sections 1, 15, And 21 Of Republic Act No. 11212, titled “An Act Granting MORE Electric And Power Corporation A Franchise To Establish, Operate, And Maintain, For Commercial Purposes And In […]

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‘NO DISCONNECTION’ POLICY WILL IMPACT ECONOMY

On the calls for the extension of the ‘no disconnection’ policy, Power Bloc Representatives Presley De Jesus (Philreca Partylist), Sergio Dagooc (Apec Partylist), Godofredo Guya (Recoboda Partylist), and Adriano Ebcas (Ako Padayon Pilipino Partylist) express concern on its overall impact on the whole energy sector and its indirect effect on the country’s economy. The solons […]

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POWER COOPS TO LIQUIDATE SUBSIDIES — HOUSE ‘POWER BLOC’

Electric cooperatives (ECs) continue to work with the National Electrification Administration (NEA) while doing their part to ensure uninterrupted power as the country grapples with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and other natural calamities. This was the assurance given by members of the House of Representatives’ “Power Bloc”––composed of Ako Padayon Party-list Rep. Adriano Ebcas, […]

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NEA: RESTORE P9B BUDGET FOR RURAL ELECTRIFICATION

The National Electrification Administration (NEA) welcomes the resolution filed by the ‘power bloc’ of the House of Representatives that seeks to restore P9 billion in the agency’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2021. Power Bloc representatives filed on September 22 House Resolution No. 1245 urge the House Committee on Appropriations to restore the P9 billion […]

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POWER BLOC VOWS FULL SUPPORT TO NEA, RURAL ELECTRIFICATION PROGRAM

The Power Bloc representatives have expressed their all-out support to the National Electrification Administration (NEA) as it celebrates its 51st founding anniversary. Rep. Presley De Jesus of the Philippine Rural Electric Cooperatives Association (PHILRECA) partylist issued this message of support on behalf of the Power Bloc during the NEA-EC Consultative Conference held via Zoom video […]