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April 22, 2016

Let’s Vote for Petilla and Neri for the Senate

David Celestra Tan, MSK All electric consumers of whatever leanings for the Presidency, Grace Poe, Mar Roxas, Duterte or Binay, or party, LP, UNA, NPC, PDP, must insert in their Senatorial Votes candidates Carlos Jericho Petilla (No. 41) and Neri […]
April 16, 2016

What To Do With The 700mw Stranded Solar Projects?

David Celestra Tan, MSK 16 April 2016 The solar industry lobby group, Solar Alliance is asking the DOE to extend the granting of the premium P8.67 per kwh FIT rate to those solar projects that failed to commission by the […]
March 29, 2016

ERC’s Extension of CSP Effectivity Could Be Costly for Consumers and A Big Step Back in Drive Against Monopolization of Generation Sector

David Celestra Tan and Evelyn Viray, MSK 28 March 2016 The ERC issued a new Resolution postponing the effectivity of the mandatory CSP for new power supply contracts to April 30, 2016 from November 30, 2015. What would seem an […]
March 21, 2016

Is it Too Much to Expect Consumer Fairness from Meralco? Praying for Divine Intervention.

David Celestra Tan, MSK 18 March 2016 Are Meralco consumers expecting too much fairness from the distribution utility? Are they not entitled to make money for their investments? Does our organization MSK have reason to continue to be vigilant and […]
March 15, 2016

Truth and Dangers of PEMC’s P8.29 Billion Benefit of RE to Consumers

March 15, 2016 PEMC announced in late January to the hapless electric consumers that the Renewable Energy suppliers that are enjoying Feed-In Tariff subsidies have actually saved consumers P8.29 billion for one year from the wholesale electricity market and that […]
March 3, 2016

Meralco’s Most Brazen Consumer Hoodwinking May Yet to Come on CSP

David Celestra Tan, MSK 1 March 2016 When Meralco supposedly agreed to respect the new policy for CSP contracting of power generation supply we were pleasantly surprised about the enlightened position of the long reviled utility. But now it seems […]
February 22, 2016

Meralco’s Increasing Rates Due to Outdated “Down and Still Pay” Allowances

David Celestra Tan, MSK 21 February 2016 Meralco recently announced its rate will increase P0.42 per kwh which many consumers and apparently including the ERC and the DOE find inconsistent with the 55% drop in world fuel prices. Of the […]
February 17, 2016

Update on CSP Front, Part 2 – Games People Play in “Swiss Challenge” Biddings

David Celestra Tan, MSK 14 February 2016 It is Valentines Day and it is great to read the consumer-heartwarming news about the ERC disagreeing to the requests of many electric cooperatives for exemption from the mandatory bidding or CSP of […]