WIRE โ€” PAGADIAN CITY, ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR, Philippines โ€” Power distribution cooperatives across the country are pushing back against the proposed scrapping of system loss charges as a component of electricity bills, unless the national government takes on the cost through subsidies. Simply scrapping the charges could cripple rural electrification and drag down local economies, warned Jose

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