September 29, 2014

Emergency in Power, Summer of 2015 and Section 71

By David Celestra Tan Let us grant for the sake of argument that there could be a shortage of 200 to 500mw of power supply in Luzon this coming summer. (Mindanaoans are probably saying “welcome to the club”!)  Let us […]
September 26, 2014

Power Supply, Monopoly, WESM, and Tide

by David Celestra Tan an original blog post on Philippine Power Insights Like stand-up comedian Johnny Carson used to ask in his joke routine, name four things that clean you better than Clorox? Answer for Meralco consumers: Tide, Sweetheart Power […]
August 22, 2014

Its Time for a new Paradigm on Bilateral Power Supply Contracts

Out with the old NPC-Type Bilateral Contracts, In with a New Consumer respectful PSA. By David Celestra Tan, Matuwid na Singil sa Kuryente Consumer Alliance Inc.Part 1 My mother used to say the worst time to go grocery shopping is […]
August 20, 2014

How Much Reduction in Power Cost do we need?

By David Celestra Tan 12 August 2014 Everyone agrees that the power cost in the country is so high. We know it is painful in the pocket every month. We know it takes away hard earned pesos that otherwise could […]