May 7, 2019

In blow to Meralco, SC orders competitive bids for power-supply deals

By Joel R. San Juan – May 7, 2019 from Business Mirror A lineman from Meralco checks on electric cables in San Andres, Manila, in this 2018 BusinessMirror file photo. Meralco, the country’s biggest distribution utility (DU), has been greatly […]
April 25, 2019

Wake Up Calls For All of Us On Power Yellow Alerts…Whose Job is it Anyway?

David Celestra Tan, MSK 23 April 2019 The Yellow and Red alerts of power shortages should wake up all of us towards the reality that a power crisis can be upon us and can have devastating impact our economic boom […]
January 16, 2018

Consumer protection vs regulatory capture

By BusinessMirror Editorial – January 15, 2018 Last December the Office of the Ombudsman ordered the one-year suspension of four commissioners of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) for, among other offenses, failing to implement the government’s policy against anticompetitive behavior […]
January 15, 2018

Viewpoint: Devanadera’s Letter is Misleading the President in Effort to save guilty ERC Commissioners. They must do the Honorable and Step Down peacefully so reforms can start at ERC.

Evelyn Viray-Jallorina, ABP Convenor 12 January 2018 Hon. RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE President of the Republic of the Philippines Malacanang, Manila 1005              Thru:  Executive Secretary Salvador C. Medialdea Subject:  Administrative Penalty Imposed on the Five […]