MERALCO RATES
MSK VIEWPOINTS
January 8, 2015
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by David Celestra Tan 2 January 2015 Part I Let us start the New Year by going back to the basics of Meralco’s rates, which is how much should they, as a franchised public service utility, be allowed to profit? […]
January 3, 2015
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David Celestra Tan January 2, 2014 In September and October 2014 Meralco’s purchases from WESM reached astonishing levels of P43.05 and P35.60 per kwh, even higher than the P33 per kwh that wrought havoc on the generation rates in Meralco’s […]
December 31, 2014
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By Aya Jallorina Executive Director Matuwid na Singil sa Kuryente Consumer Alliance Inc.(MSK) aya.msk14org@gmail.com matuwid.org Electricity consumers have long been questioning whether the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is promoting the interest of consumers and not only that of big utilities […]
December 27, 2014
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David Celestra Tan 26 December 2014 To be fair to the ERC, the Epira dumped on it an inordinate amount of responsibilities to making the privatization and deregulation of the power sector work. In the last 13 years it has […]
December 20, 2014
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David Celestra Tan 20 December 2014 When the subsidized rate for Renewable Energies were announced by the ERC, many green energy companies, local and foreign wanted to take advantage of such attractive rates. But the Philippines, evidently aware of the […]
December 17, 2014
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Consumer Groups led by the power cost reduction advocacy group, Matuwid na Singil sa Kuryente Consumer Alliance Inc. (MSK) have formally filed with the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) a petition for rule changes in the contracting of power supply bilateral […]
December 17, 2014
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David Celestra Tan 16 December 2014 It was a wonderful show of consumer sensitivity on the part of current Energy Secretary Carlos Jericho Petilla to have called for a multi-sectoral task force to look for ways to reduce electricity prices. […]
December 13, 2014
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David Celestra Tan 11 December 2014 We join the millions of Meralco customers in welcoming and rejoicing the recent announcement of reductions in the generation rate, and consequently the total electricity bill, in Metro-Manila and the National Capital Region. From […]