August 15, 2016

Meralco’s Seven (7) Midnight Coal Power Supply Contracts If Allowed will Define us as a People and Nation Beyond Electricity

David Celestra Tan, MSK August 8, 2016 Part 1 The MVP Group Struck like lightning to cartelize the country’s Power Generation sector while the country was engrossed in choosing its new President. It hurriedly signed Seven (7) midnight long term […]
July 9, 2016

Cutting Electricity Rates The Right Way

David Celestra Tan, MSK 9 July 2016 When the subject of reducing power rates come up, Meralco gratuitously suggests “reduce the VAT taxes”. When there was pressure to reduce generation rates, they suggested that the government should eliminate the taxes […]
March 3, 2016

Meralco’s Most Brazen Consumer Hoodwinking May Yet to Come on CSP

David Celestra Tan, MSK 1 March 2016 When Meralco supposedly agreed to respect the new policy for CSP contracting of power generation supply we were pleasantly surprised about the enlightened position of the long reviled utility. But now it seems […]
February 22, 2016

Meralco’s Increasing Rates Due to Outdated “Down and Still Pay” Allowances

David Celestra Tan, MSK 21 February 2016 Meralco recently announced its rate will increase P0.42 per kwh which many consumers and apparently including the ERC and the DOE find inconsistent with the 55% drop in world fuel prices. Of the […]