Bill Type
Congress Name
Full Title of Bill
AN ACT LIMITING THE CAP OF PHASING OUT SYSTEM LOSSES TO CONSUMERS, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE SECTION 10 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7832
Text as filed (link)
Date filed
June 30, 2022
Date Read
July 26, 2022
Bill Status
Pending with the Committee on ENERGY since 2022-07-26
Committee Details
Primary Committee
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00160 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT LIMITING THE CAP OF PHASING OUT SYSTEM LOSSES TO CONSUMERS, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE SECTION 10 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7832 | |
| ABSTRACT : Intends to address the fact that the Philippines ranks as having the highest electrical rate per kilowatt-hour in the whole ASEAN region, more particularly residential users.Seeks to entirely prohibit distribution utilities from passing on non-technical system losses to consumers and to mitigate the impact of technical system losses to the minimum – Components of System Losses include technical losses (losses inherent in the physical delivery of electrical energy) and non-technical losses (not related to the physical characteristics and functions of the electrical system, and are caused primarily by human error, whether intentional or not – like pilferage). | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : MARCOLETA, RODANTE D., TANCHAY, CAROLINE L. | |
| DATE FILED : 2022-06-30 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Rivera (000 2022-09-06) | 2. Mariño (000 2022-11-29) |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON ENERGY ON 2022-07-26 |
Abstract
ABSTRACT : Intends to address the fact that the Philippines ranks as having the highest electrical rate per kilowatt-hour in the whole ASEAN region, more particularly residential users.Seeks to entirely prohibit distribution utilities from passing on non-technical system losses to consumers and to mitigate the impact of technical system losses to the minimum – Components of System Losses include technical losses (losses inherent in the physical delivery of electrical energy) and non-technical losses (not related to the physical characteristics and functions of the electrical system, and are caused primarily by human error, whether intentional or not – like pilferage).
Significance