November 12, 2014

Stars Not Aligned for Proper Amending of the Epira Law

Certain quarters—legislative leaders, consumer groups, party-list groups—are calling for the amendment of the Epira, or the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001. There is no question that the 13-year-old Republic Act No. 9136 has been a disaster for the […]
October 31, 2014

Security of Power Supply and The Futility of Sec. 71

David Celestra Tan 31 October 2014 While a lot of attention is on invoking Epira Law’s Section 71 to grant emergency powers to the President of the Philippines to deal with an “imminent power crisis” this coming summer, there are […]
October 13, 2014

Current FIT and FIT-All Rules Seems UN-FIT for Consumers

By David Celestra Tan 12 October 2014 Last October 1 I attended a Solar Summit at the SMX Convention Center that was organized by the Philippine Solar Power Alliance. An ERC official explained the current Feed In Tariff program for […]
October 9, 2014

Consumer Group MSK Seeking P3 per kwh Power Cost Reduction

The consumer group Matuwid na Singil sa Kuryente Consumer Alliance Inc. (MSK) is seeking a reduction in residential and commercial rates in the Meralco area by P3 per kwh. This is achievable according to their proposals that were presented to […]