Week 14/15 Case 33 G.R. No. 210245

Question 1

Meralco’s petition to stagger the collection of the automatic rate adjustments is allowed by the Court.

Answer 1

1. There is no basis that ERC committed grave abuse of discretion, as it acted within the ambit of AGRA Rules and EPIRA.

Question 2

Justiciability versus Jurisdiction

Question 3

ERC:

1. Allowed the request for staggering the payment/recovery for adjustment charges;
2. Denied request for carrying costs/generation costs.

Answer 3

It protected the interest of consumers by not imposing the Generation Rate as a whole in the applicable billing period.