July 7, 2024

Lawmaker blames ERC for high Meralco rates

By: Krixia Subingsubing – Reporter – 05:44 AM June 30, 2024 from Daily Inquirer / inquirer.net Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rufus Rodriguez —file photo from Facebook page MANILA, Philippines — A veteran lawmaker on Saturday chided the Energy Regulatory Commission […]
June 27, 2024

Viewpoint: Baseload, baseload, baseload

By DEMAND AND SUPPLY – Boo Chanco – June 26, 2024 | 12:00am from The Philippine Star Bloomberg had an article last week that heralded how “The Philippines has leapfrogged its Southeast Asian neighbors to become a regional leader in […]
January 24, 2023

Power Rates Can Really Be Reduced by Implementing Better the Current EPIRA Law (Part 2)

We have a Dream. David Celestra Tan, MSK 21 January 2023 Part 2 After more than 20 years of being told that the power sector and the EPIRA Law are so complex and difficult to shepherd towards one direction, we […]
January 21, 2023

Better Implementation of the EPIRA Law, Not Amendment, will Be Safer and Better for the Country and Consumers (Part 1)

David Celestra Tan, MSK 10 January 2023 Part 1 Calls to Amend the Epira law are again gathering up steam. Understandably, the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA Law) of June 2001 or Republic Act 9136, had failed for 21 […]