May 11, 2015

Petilla for the Senate?

9 May 2015 We heard that Sec. Petilla is preparing to run for the Senate and will file this coming October. Our initial reaction when we first heard he was resigning was indeed he is getting ready to run. Subsequently […]
May 7, 2015

Sec. Petilla Latest to Exit from DOE’s Revolving Door

by David Celestra Tan, MSK 30 April 2015 The coming exit of Secretary Carlos Jericho Petilla from the Department of Energy after only 2 years at the helm reminds all of us that the department has become a revolving door […]
April 18, 2015

MSK Consumer Group Seeks Bidding of Power Generation Contracts

The consumer group, Matuwid na Singil sa Kuryente Consumer Alliance (MSK) had submitted to the Energy Regulatory Commission its propose rules for the open competitive bidding of bilateral power supply contracts by distribution utilities like Meralco who passes on the […]
April 1, 2015

ERC Hears MSK Petition to Subject Power Supply Contracts to Open Competitive Bidding

The Energy Regulatory Commission held a public hearing last March 23 on consumer group Matuwid na Singil sa Kuryente’s petition to make it mandatory for distribution utilities like Meralco and Aboitiz to subject to open competitive bidding their power supply […]