September 11, 2018

Re-Tooling the Philippine Renewable Energy Strategy and Rationalizing FIT Subsidies (Part 1)

David Celestra Tan, MSK 10 September 2018 Ten Years since the RE Law was passed we seem to have come to a strategy and policy crossroad. The achieved installation of 1,200mw had come at a heavy cost to consumers, mainly […]
August 11, 2018

An Overlooked “Inside the Box” Solution to the EDSA Traffic Congestion…and Then Some.

David Celestra Tan, MSK 8 August 2018 It seems overall the Duterte Administration is on the right track for long term solutions to the traffic congestion in all major thoroughfares of the Manila Metropolis. The Build Build Build, the subway […]
June 29, 2018

Counterpoint: Was the EPIRA Law Successful at 17?

David Celestra Tan, MSK 28 June 2018 Was the EPIRA Law Successful after 17 Years?  That depends who you ask. If it is the giant conglomerates who benefited handsomely from the way it has been implemented it will of course […]
June 25, 2018

Viewpoint: ‘At Seventeen’: On the anniversary of Epira, have we learned the truth about the power sector?

By Lenie Lectura – June 23, 2018 from Business Mirror In Photo: The Pagbilao coal-fired power plant in Quezon. SEVENTEEN years since the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (Epira) of 2001, or Republic Act 9136, was enacted into law, have […]