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May 7, 2015

Sec. Petilla Latest to Exit from DOE’s Revolving Door

by David Celestra Tan, MSK 30 April 2015 The coming exit of Secretary Carlos Jericho Petilla from the Department of Energy after only 2 years at the helm reminds all of us that the department has become a revolving door […]
April 18, 2015

MSK Consumer Group Seeks Bidding of Power Generation Contracts

The consumer group, Matuwid na Singil sa Kuryente Consumer Alliance (MSK) had submitted to the Energy Regulatory Commission its propose rules for the open competitive bidding of bilateral power supply contracts by distribution utilities like Meralco who passes on the […]
April 1, 2015

ERC Hears MSK Petition to Subject Power Supply Contracts to Open Competitive Bidding

The Energy Regulatory Commission held a public hearing last March 23 on consumer group Matuwid na Singil sa Kuryente’s petition to make it mandatory for distribution utilities like Meralco and Aboitiz to subject to open competitive bidding their power supply […]
March 3, 2015

ERC sets public hearing of MSK petition to bid power supply contracts

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) on February 26, 2014 finally reviewed and accepted the petition filed by Matuwid na Singil sa Kuryente Consumer Alliance, Inc. (MSK) last December 16, 2014 which is docketed as ERC case No. 2014-006 RM. ERC […]
February 24, 2015

Archipelagic Nation Needs Archipelagic Generation

David Celestra Tan 25 January 2015 Should a country generate its power from larger power plants far away from the load center or should it build smaller power plants closer to where they are needed? This article is a continuation […]
February 19, 2015

Meralco Customers Paying P13.68 B a Year More To Sister Company Generators

David Celestra Tan 16 February 2015 If there is any doubt at all on whether monopolization and self-negotiated power supply agreements are bad for electric consumers and the economic competitiveness of the country, we only have to look at Meralco’s […]
February 2, 2015

DOE Task Force report on ways to reduce electricity prices

After more than six months of meetings, the Multi-Sectoral Task Force to Find Ways To Reduce Electricity Prices that was convened by the Department of Energy finalized its summary report and scheduled a Hand-Over Ceremony to the Honorable Secretary of […]
January 21, 2015

Clear and Present Danger of Meralco’s Monopolization and Sister Company Generation

David Celestra Tan 18 January 2015 The clear and present danger of Meralco’s bilateral contract monopolization and sister company generation starkly stares all of us in the face. The electricity consumers, government regulators and legislators, and Meralco itself, except the […]