(MANILA BULLETIN FILE)
House Bill 8145, a consolidation of four bills, was approved on second reading on the last day of regular session for 2020 on Wednesday.
The bill consolidated four legislative measures filed by Reps. Godofredo Guya (RECOBODA Partylist); Presley de Jesus (Philreca); Adriano Ebcas (Ako Padayon Pilipino) and Sergio Dagooc (APEC Partylist, among other authors.
Pampanga Rep. Juan Miguel Arroyo, chairman of the House Committee on Energy, said HB 8145 seeks to amend Section 73 Republic Act NO. 9136 or the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 (EPIRA).
Section 73 of the said law provides for social pricing mechanism called the lifelline rate for the benefit of marginalized end-users for ten years since the law was passed in 2001.