February 12, 2018

Suspended ERC commissioners going back to work

By Myrna M. Velasco – February 11, 2018, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin On the strength of a 60-day temporary restraining order (TRO) rendered by the Court of Appeals (CA), the four suspended Commissioners of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) […]
January 2, 2018

ERC faces work paralysis amid revamp

By Myrna M. Velasco – January 1, 2018, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin The top official of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) raised fears that if drastic revamp will be instituted at the level of the agency’s Commissioners, work and decisions […]
February 10, 2017

Viewpoint: When consumers’ pockets are ‘gouged’ (Solar’s FIT mess)

by Myrna M. Velasco – February 9, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin (First of two parts) Manipulation is the new world order – well, savagely! It is quite tragic that this appears to be a “gouging game” even in the […]
January 17, 2017

2 solar projects given FIT incentives With ‘questionable’ data completion

By Myrna M. Velasco – January 16, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin With a push from the newly installed chairman of the National Renewable Energy Board (NREB) but without the knowledge of Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi, two solar projects […]