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April 30, 2018

True Significance for Consumers of Meralco and Solar Philippines P2.99 Solar Deal

David Celestra Tan, MSK 27 April 2018 Did upstart solar entrepreneur Leandro Leviste of Solar Philippines just totally disrupted the once so ebullient in itself multi-billion solar industry with its audacious P2.99 solar rate for 85 megawatts of solar for […]
April 2, 2018

The Correct and Legal Way to Determine Concentration of Power Generating Capacity (Part 1)

David Celestra Tan, MSK 1 April 2018 The creation of true and robust competition in the power generation sector is key to achieving least cost power for consumers. The EPIRA Law had established under Section 45(a) the limits on generating […]
March 26, 2018

State of Power Industry or Do WE Have Enough Supply?

David Celestra Tan, MSK 25 March 2018 There is a high profile and obviously high budget media campaign going on to condition the people’s minds that the country needs more and newer power plants. This is amidst the stall in […]
March 15, 2018

WIN WIN SOLUTION FOR MERALCO’s 3,551MW MIDNIGHT CSP CIRCUMVENTION

David Celestra Tan, MSK 11 March 2018 Things are eerily quiet on Meralco’s Midnight power supply contracts and one wonders whether we will be surprised one day soon that the seven (7) midnight contracts totaling 3,551mw of coal projects have […]
March 3, 2018

NEW ERC SYSTEMS LOSS LIMITS MUST BE ABSOLUTE NOT AVERAGE TO TRULY BENEFIT MERALCO and CEBU CONSUMERS

David Celestra Tan, MSK March 1, 2018 ERC’s announcement that it is reducing the Systems Loss allowance of Distribution Utilities should be a source of joy to electric consumers, especially those in the Meralco area. It will however be of […]
February 17, 2018

The Lesson That Matters from the Ombudsman Suspension of the ERC Commissioners

David Celestra Tan, MSK 12 February 2018 When the Office of the Ombudsman handed down on December 21, 2017 its decision finding the Five (5) Commissioners of the ERC guilty of neglect of duty and abuse of discretion in favoring […]
February 9, 2018

CounterPoint: Our Rates are high because of Sweetheart Deals with Sister Generators and of Anomalous PBR rate methodology by ERC.

David Celestra Tan, MSK 9 February 2018 (This is MSK’s response to the viewpoint of Mr. Kris Balibukel  on our article Coal or LNG is not an either or question posted on December 5, 2017)   We agree with the point […]
February 6, 2018

Viewpoint: Phil power rates high because consumers pay for energy security and environmental sustainability

From Mr. Kris Balibukel February 5, 2018 The recent past reveals that the country achieved high energy security (from a high share of indigenous energy comprising of Malampaya gas, a geothermal program that made the Philippines the second biggest geothermal […]