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February 2, 2017

ERC Hearings on MSK PBR Petition Start March 17

David Celestra Tan 3 February 2017 On December 22, 2015 your consumer organization Matuwid na Singil sa Kuryente Consumer Alliance Inc. filed a petition with the Energy Regulatory Commission for the review and modification of the new rate setting methodology […]
January 27, 2017

Part of Meralco’sP19 Billion Profit Comes From Improper Systems Loss Charges

David Celestra Tan, MSK January 26 2017 Updated from 5 December 2014 How much is Meralco charging you for the electricity they buy butlose in their distribution system either through technical or pilferage reasons? Most people think it is about […]
January 23, 2017

Are Meralco Rates Lower? Yes. Are they Fair and Reasonable? No! Plus the Hoodwink of IEC’s Power Cost Reports.

David Celestra Tan, MSK 19 January 2017 Meralco consumers and the whole world are being inundated by Meralco’s pronouncements trumpeting the reductions in Meralco’s power rates. In one recent release they implied that the reduction is P0.31 per kwh compared […]
January 13, 2017

Simple But Deeper Issues in Power are Part of High Power Cost Problem

David Celestra Tan, MSK 12 January 2017 Energy Writer Myrna Velasco’s two part series on power policy and high power cost that appeared in the Manila Bulletin touched on the usual issues bedeviling the power sector and the country’s search […]
January 7, 2017

10 Good Things the ERC Can Do For Consumers in 2017 For It to Rebuild its Image

David Celestra Tan, MSK 7 January 2017 ERC’s image as an honest to goodness regulator that is true to its mandate as a guardian of public interest in power delivery services is for now tarnished. The following are some of […]
January 4, 2017

Meralco’s Customer Mix and the DOE’s Flexible Energy Mix

David Celestra Tan, MSK 26 December 2016 The Federation of the Philippine Industries for its part jumped on the DOE’s “flexible energy mix strategy” exclaiming “this technology-neutral power mix could “indeed promote a more competitive market and eventually lower the […]
December 23, 2016

The DOE’s Search for the Philippines Energy Mix Strategy Needs a Comprehensive Approach

December 23, 2016

Viewpoint: Reducing Rates for Electricity in Mindanao

by David A. Tauli Mindanao Coalition of Power Consumers Lately, we have heard proposals, mostly foolish, coming from the Department of Energy and from the Mindanao Development Authority that supposedly will reduce the rates for electric power supply in Mindanao. […]