May 29, 2019

The Supreme Court Decision was supposed to be a Consumer’s Checkmate on Meralco’s 7 Midnight PSAs….It Turned Out to be a Stalemate! Bummer! (Part 1)

David Celestra Tan, MSK 26 May 2019 Consumers and Cause Oriented Groups were overjoyed when the Supreme Court issued a decision last 17 May 2019 granting the petition of Alyansa Para saBagongPilipinas (ABP)to declare the extension of the CSP policy […]
March 22, 2019

SC asked to junk Meralco power deals to save consumers from power hikes

By Rey Panaligan and Ellson Quismorio – updated March 21, 2019 from Manila Bulletin The Supreme Court (SC) has been asked to stop the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) from approving the 20-year power supply agreements (PSAs) between the Manila Electric […]
March 16, 2019

Elephants in the ERC Room…And a Flying Dumbo (Part 3)

David Celestra Tan, MSK 14 March 2019 Part 3 of 3 In addition to the skeletons in the ERC closets, there are elephants in their regulatory room, including a flying dumbo. These are the seven (7) Meralco midnight contracts totaling […]
February 26, 2019

Meralco Skeletons in the ERC Closet, Elephants in the Room (Part 1)

David Celestra Tan, MSK 27 February 2019 Part 1 of 3 We have an entirely new set of ERC Commissioners except one and we hope it will be a new dawn of enlightened and balanced regulation, freed from the decade […]