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MSK VIEWPOINTS

December 13, 2014

Meralco’s Generation Rate Reduction Welcome but Temporary

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 […]
December 5, 2014

Understanding Meralco’s Systems Loss Charge

David Celestra Tan 5 December 2014 How much is Meralco charging you for the electricity they buy but lose in their distribution system either through technical or pilferage reasons? Most people think it is about 4.7% which is the only […]
December 3, 2014

Consumers Can Better Support RE Development if Meralco Power Cost Reduced P3 per kwh

By David Celestra Tan, MSK If Meralco and the concerned agencies of the government, the ERC, DOE, PEMC, JCPC, respond to the consumers aching call for reducing electricity rates by P3 per kwh in the Meralco area, the country and […]
November 22, 2014

Sen. Santiago adopts MSK findings that Meralco can drop its rate by P3/kwh

On Nov. 12, 2014 during the second regular session of the 16th Congress, Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago files a resolution directing the proper Senate Committee to conduct an investigation about the report that Meralco can cut its commercial and residential rates […]
November 12, 2014

Stars Not Aligned for Proper Amending of the Epira Law

Certain quarters—legislative leaders, consumer groups, party-list groups—are calling for the amendment of the Epira, or the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001. There is no question that the 13-year-old Republic Act No. 9136 has been a disaster for the […]
November 7, 2014

Locational Strategy Needed for Philippine Power Development

David  Celestra Tan 5 November 2014 If the Philippines were to continually develop its power supply to meet its growing needs it requires predictable and well planned generating capacity additions and a better planned proactive transmission development program. Currently, private […]
October 31, 2014

Security of Power Supply and The Futility of Sec. 71

David Celestra Tan 31 October 2014 While a lot of attention is on invoking Epira Law’s Section 71 to grant emergency powers to the President of the Philippines to deal with an “imminent power crisis” this coming summer, there are […]
October 27, 2014

DOE’S PROPOSED DASAP IS SEC. PETILLA’S POTENTIAL LEGACY

David Celestra Tan Updated 27 October 2014 One of the hallmarks of MSK’s recommendation to reduce the cost of electricity in the Meralco area by P3 per kwh is opening the power supply contracts of these private distribution utilities to […]