Biz group backs suspended ERC chair

The Makati Business Club expressed its support for suspended Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) Chair Monalisa Dimalanta.

The group said Dimalanta has made significant efforts to ensure that power is affordable for low-income households. Earlier this year, the ERC fully implemented the Lifeline Rate Subsidy Program, which will provide subsidies to the electric bills of recipients of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program and other low-income electricity consumers who use no more than 100 kilowatt-hours of power per month.

The ERC has also been working with the National Economic and Development Authority in developing an Electricity Affordability Index for consumers to track variations in tariffs of their respective electric bills as well as variations of prices across regions.