March 12, 2021

Finally, Meralco Completes CSP Of An 1,800MW Power Supply…. But What Devils would be in the Details?

David Celestra Tan, MSk 12 March 2021 After more than a year of trying to hold a CSP bidding that looks competitive and in compliance with the DOE guidelines, Meralco finally completed a bidding with enough participants actually making a […]
December 6, 2020

What Gives? Meralco Announced a 0.46% Decrease in November. WESM Decreased by 36%. QPPL Increased by 18.49%.

David Celestra Tan, MSK 5 December 2020 “We are happy to report a P0.04-per-kWh reduction in the rates of our customers for this month of November,” Meralco spokesman Joe Zaldarriaga said. In its press release in the Manila Standard and […]
December 1, 2020

Why there is a need to Investigate the QPL and Meralco Billings for 2020?

David Celestra Tan, MSK 1 December 2020 Your organization MSK wrote about its findings on the Quezon Power Philippine Ltd’s (QPPL) hard- not- to- notice disparity in billings compared with Meralco’s other coal power suppliers this year 2020. We had […]
March 16, 2019

Elephants in the ERC Room…And a Flying Dumbo (Part 3)

David Celestra Tan, MSK 14 March 2019 Part 3 of 3 In addition to the skeletons in the ERC closets, there are elephants in their regulatory room, including a flying dumbo. These are the seven (7) Meralco midnight contracts totaling […]