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electricity charges
Coverage of electricity charges in the Nexus archive.
- Philippines’ Marcos uses national address to promise relief, but funding questions loom
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr promised relief from taxes, electricity charges, and high rice prices in his 2026 State of the Nation Address. He pledged to pursue corruption cases linked to a flood-control scandal, though analysts questioned how the government will afford the proposed relief and noted the absence of austerity measures.
- CPI(M) faults govt.’s claims on reduction in power tariffs
CPI(M) criticizes the government's claims about reducing power tariffs, stating that the government is misleading the public by highlighting marginal reductions in electricity charges after imposing larger financial burdens through previous revisions, according to party State secretary Srinivasa Rao.