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Makati City Mayor Nancy Binay proudly announced that the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has recognized Makati as the first local government unit (LGU) in the Philippines to champion 100-percent renewable energy utilization under the Retail Competition and Open Access and the Retail Aggregation Program. ERC Chair and CEO Francis Saturnino Juan presented the certificate of
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