March 20, 2017

Meralco Needs True Concern for Consumers in Annual Malampaya Shutdown Costs

David Celestra Tan 18 March 2017 About 20 typhoons hit the Philippines every year like clockwork. It is only a question of where they would hit and how bad the damage would be.  Meralco is hit additionally  by two disasters […]
January 27, 2017

Part of Meralco’sP19 Billion Profit Comes From Improper Systems Loss Charges

David Celestra Tan, MSK January 26 2017 Updated from 5 December 2014 How much is Meralco charging you for the electricity they buy butlose in their distribution system either through technical or pilferage reasons? Most people think it is about […]
January 23, 2017

Are Meralco Rates Lower? Yes. Are they Fair and Reasonable? No! Plus the Hoodwink of IEC’s Power Cost Reports.

David Celestra Tan, MSK 19 January 2017 Meralco consumers and the whole world are being inundated by Meralco’s pronouncements trumpeting the reductions in Meralco’s power rates. In one recent release they implied that the reduction is P0.31 per kwh compared […]
January 4, 2017

Meralco’s Customer Mix and the DOE’s Flexible Energy Mix

David Celestra Tan, MSK 26 December 2016 The Federation of the Philippine Industries for its part jumped on the DOE’s “flexible energy mix strategy” exclaiming “this technology-neutral power mix could “indeed promote a more competitive market and eventually lower the […]