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October 28, 2016

Guest Post: Asserting our consumer rights

By: Cielito F. Habito –  October 25, 2016, 12:13 AM from Philippine Daily Inquirer Forty-five years ago, the last week of October was declared Consumer Protection Week, as a period for planning and enforcement of government action toward controlling fraudulent trade practices […]
October 26, 2016

Viewpoint: Regulatory Capture of the Energy Regulatory Commission Part 2

By David A. Tauli, Mindanao Coalition of Power Consumers The Duterte government has among its priority programs the reduction of rates for electricity. This objective will not be attained unless the regulatory capture of the Energy Regulatory Commission is ended. […]
October 22, 2016

Viewpoint: Regulatory Capture of the ERC Has Resulted in High Rates for Electricity in Mindanao

By David A. Tauli, Mindanao Coalition of Power Consumers “Regulatory capture is a form of government failure that occurs when a regulatory agency, created to act in the public interest, instead advances the commercial or political concerns of special interest […]
October 17, 2016

Meralco’s Lower Rate Temporary, Due to Luck Not Rate Reform

David Celestra Tan, MSK 16 October 2016 We Meralco consumers have been enjoying lower electric rates for more than a year now and it has been God-sent albeit temporary. The current reduction of P1.54 per kwh in generation rates have […]
October 13, 2016

P41.8 Billion Reasons Why We must Distinguish Clean Energy from Renewable Energy

David Celestra Tan, MSK 12 October 2016 Solar lobby groups continue to push for the Philippines to adopt Renewable Energy as a national energy policy target. Many Legislators and policy makers automatically mouth Renewable Energy as a sacred goal for […]
October 10, 2016

Why are power generation rates in Mindanao going up? What can consumer groups do to bring down the rates?

By David A. Tauli, Mindanao Coalition of Power Consumers 06 October 2016 The rates for bulk power generation in Mindanao from incoming coal plants will go up to 5.40 pesos per kilowatt-hour starting in 2017. In order to bring down […]
October 5, 2016

MSK Petitions ERC for Meralco Refund of P2.39 Billion Overrecovery

David Celestra Tan, MSK 3 October 2016 Your consumer advocacy group, Matuwid na Singil sa Kuryente Consumer Alliance had filed a petition with the Energy Regulatory Commission to compel to Meralco to refund to the consumers an estimated overrecovery of […]
September 23, 2016

Let’s Be Realistic on Nuclear and Solar Power Options

David Celestra Tan, MSK 23 Sept 2016 The new Department of Energy has floated the idea of nuclear power and the reviving of the never operated 600mw Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) as a lower cost and cleaner power supply […]