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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 […]
July 28, 2021

The Philippine Power Sector and Consumers 20 years After the Epira Law of 2001 (Part 2 of 2)

David Celestra Tan, MSK 22 July 2021 Part 2 An imperfect Law, Imperfectly implemented We wrote a series in the Inquirer 6 years ago in 2014 that branded the Epira Law as “an imperfectly law, imperfectly implemented”. Many agreed on […]
July 26, 2021

The Philippine Power Sector and Consumers 20 years After the Epira Law of 2001 (Part 1 of 2)

David Celestra Tan, MSK 22 July 2021 Part 1 When the promoters of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) were pushing for the passage of the law privatizing and deregulating the power industry in the years 1998 to 2001, […]
April 10, 2021

Time to Write A Book

David Celestra Tan, MSk 10 April 2021 They say that two of the things that must be in our “bucket list” are to Share your blessings to the Community – knowledge, and kindness if not riches and…. write a book. […]
April 4, 2021

Meralco Puts Onus on ERC for all its Billions of overcharging and high buying rates.

David Celestra Tan, MSK 3 April 2021   Meralco as the awardee of the franchise for distribution of electricity in the greater Manila area has a clear obligation to us the public to supply power in the least cost manner. […]
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 […]