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December 20, 2018
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David Celestra Tan, MSK 20 December 2018 We have a large consumer in Cebu who had been sending us his comments and questions on rates in his area. He also has apparently business operations in Manila and had been able […]
December 11, 2018
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David Celestra Tan, MSK 11 December 2018 In the waning days of the former ERC Chair Zenaida Ducut in 2015, the ERC surprisingly made an effort to correct one of the great illegalities in the implementation of the EPIRA Law […]
December 10, 2018
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Establishment of Micro-grids Supplied with Electricity from Solar PV Power Plants with Battery Storage will Result in Expensive Rates for Consumers in the Micro-grids By David A. Tauli, President, Mindanao Coalition of Power Consumers The economic rationale for the establishment […]
December 6, 2018
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David Celestra Tan, MSK 4 December 2018 Part 2/2 History of Guarantee Payments during Downtimes There was a time in the power crisis of 1990s when these guaranteed capacity payments are necessary to encourage power plant investors, most of them […]
December 3, 2018
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David Celestra Tan, MSK 30 November 2018 Part 1/2 Part of the complex formula for the generation rates that are charged to us consumers by Meralco is something called Capital Recovery Fee or CRF. That is to allow these power […]
November 20, 2018
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David Celestra Tan, MSK 19 November 2018 From the ashes of the Salazar-era ERC that flamingly crashed to the ground amidst the Meralco midnights CSP scandal, we hope will rise the Phoenix of a new ERC with an enlightened regulatory […]
November 12, 2018
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David Celestra Tan, MSK 12 November 2018 Electric coops nationwide are providing unsatisfactory service and higher rates leading to popular calls for their privatization. But why are they failing and what will privatization give them? Commonly believed or assumed is, […]
November 2, 2018
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David Celestra Tan, MSK 1 November 2018 Lower Power Costs (LPC) is a consumer nirvana that is being promised to the public for the last 21 years since they started debating the deregulation and privatization of the power sector. Everytime […]