March 29, 2016

ERC’s Extension of CSP Effectivity Could Be Costly for Consumers and A Big Step Back in Drive Against Monopolization of Generation Sector

David Celestra Tan and Evelyn Viray, MSK 28 March 2016 The ERC issued a new Resolution postponing the effectivity of the mandatory CSP for new power supply contracts to April 30, 2016 from November 30, 2015. What would seem an […]
January 4, 2016

Remaking the ERC – Purpose before Size

David Celestra Tan, MSK 2 January 2016 New ERC Chair Jose Vicente Salazar is engineering a shakeup of the ERC. We are sure there is a method to the ensuing madness caused by the reorganization and by officers leaving because […]
December 22, 2015

Consumer Group MSK Seeks ERC Repeal of PBR

Consumer Group Matuwid na Singil sa Kuryente Consumer Alliance Inc. (MSK) filed a rules change petition at the Energy Regulatory Commission seeking the repeal of the Performance Based Rate Making methodology that is used to determine electricity rates to the […]
November 4, 2015

MSK Holds Rally at ERC for Timely start of Mandatory CSP

MSK is afraid that the CSP implementation is being delayed to allow Meralco time to sign mid-night contracts for 3,000mw power and escape the mandatory bidding rules of the DOE. It is the electric consumers who will suffer negotiated high […]