March 30, 2021

Viewpoint: Meralco’s Initial Responses to MSK’s Complaints of Overcharging and Anomalous High Rate of Quezon Power

Editors note: Your organization Matuwid na Singil sa Kuryente Consumer Alliance Inc. had been vigilantly analyzing the Meralco charges in the last years. While consumers groups have been complaining about the RORB padding and guaranteed payments to the First Gas […]
March 12, 2021

Finally, Meralco Completes CSP Of An 1,800MW Power Supply…. But What Devils would be in the Details?

David Celestra Tan, MSk 12 March 2021 After more than a year of trying to hold a CSP bidding that looks competitive and in compliance with the DOE guidelines, Meralco finally completed a bidding with enough participants actually making a […]
March 4, 2021

Meralco’s Continued Payment of 50% Premium to Partner Quezon Power Alarming.

David Celestra Tan, MSK 2 March 2021 Five months ago in October 2020 your organization MSK complained to the Energy Regulatory Commission about the 58% higher price that Meralco has been paying Quezon Power starting in 2020. We updated the […]
February 28, 2021

Our Complaint with the ERC for a P29 Billion in Overcharges from 2013 to 2018 (Part 2)

David Celestra Tan, MSK 27 February 2021 Part 2 7. Meralco Operating Expenses had not increased proportionately for the same period of 2009 to 2018. Meralco’s operating expenses did not increase much per kwh. In fact it decreased as the […]