October 13, 2019

Meralco’s CSP HELE HELE with Super Critical Coal Technology

David Celestra Tan, MSK 11 October 2019 Meralco has been super publicizing its adoption of this ultra super critical coal technology with high efficiency and low emission (HELE) for the 1,200mw Atimonan One project. It is supposed to be the […]
July 22, 2019

TAKEOVER OF ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES – DOE NEEDS TO ESTABLISH RULES…QUICKLY. (Part 1)

David Celestra Tan, MSK 19 July 2019 Part 1 The acquisition of the electric distribution franchises seems to have become the new frontier of the big conglomerates for insane profit growth after they have all conquered power generation, water, telephone, […]
May 2, 2019

The Root Cause of Power Plant Shutdowns are not Technical But Contractual and Financial

2 May 2019 POSITION PAPER ON LONG TERM SOLUTIONS FOR STABLE POWER SUPPLY MatuwidnaSingilsaKuryente Consumer Alliance Inc. Submitted to: The Joint Congressional Power Committee Hon. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian Hon. Carlos Uybarreta, Congressman, 1Care Party-list Public Hearing May 2, 2019 Dear […]
April 17, 2019

Yellow and Red Power Alert, Things to Ponder, The Outdated and Onerous Genco Contracts, and Permanent Solutions (Part 2)

Part 2 of 2   4. The Onerous Guaranteed Payments for Downtimes in the PSA in Main Grid These power plants will predictably blame technical reasons for the outages. These are however the “effects” and not the “root causes”. It […]