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Sen. Erwin Tulfo vows to amend the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) and scrap systems loss charges from power bills on July 28, 2026, echoing President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s directive during his fifth State of the Nation Address on July 27. Tulfo, chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy, filed a resolution to investigate policy on systems loss charges, and two separate measures exempting systems loss charge from value-added tax, and amending the Energy Tax Law.

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Transcript
00:01We have two resolutions, one is about systems laws, the second is VAT, and the third is the Senate bill
00:17is about energy tax.
00:20If you look at the bill, it's not specified, but it's not a government tax.
00:33If you look at the bill, it's about energy tax.
01:05If you look at the bill, it's about energy tax.
01:08It's about power generators, distributors, pati mga electric cooperative,
01:13na doon po tapatutungo ang hearing po ng energy.
01:16Ito pong maalis po itong mga ipira, itong systems laws, yung VAT, at saka yung energy tax.
01:24If you look at the bill, it's about energy tax.

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