December 11, 2018

WE APPEAL TO THE ERC TO LIFT THE SUSPENSION OF ITS NEW GUIDELINES CORRECTING THE METHOD OF DETERMINING CONCENTRATION OF OWNERSHIP, OPERATION, AND CONTROL OF INSTALLED GENERATION CAPACITY.

David Celestra Tan, MSK 11 December 2018 In the waning days of the former ERC Chair Zenaida Ducut in 2015, the ERC surprisingly made an effort to correct one of the great illegalities in the implementation of the EPIRA Law […]
June 5, 2018

Who is to Blame for the Delays of the 1,200mw Atimonan One and 600mw Redondo Power Coal Projects? Meralco, Consumer Groups, or ERC?

David Celestra Tan, MSK 4 June 2018 The country needs additional power supply specially the modern and cost efficient kinds. The 1,200mw AtimonanOne “supercritical coal plant” and the 600mw Redondo Power project would have come in nicely in 2020 and […]
February 17, 2018

The Lesson That Matters from the Ombudsman Suspension of the ERC Commissioners

David Celestra Tan, MSK 12 February 2018 When the Office of the Ombudsman handed down on December 21, 2017 its decision finding the Five (5) Commissioners of the ERC guilty of neglect of duty and abuse of discretion in favoring […]
January 18, 2018

HERE WE GO AGAIN: THE OLD GAME OF THREATENING BROWNOUTS TO OVERPOWER CONSUMERS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS

David Celestra Tan, MSK 17 January 2018 When the widespread power blackouts hit the country in early 1990’s the government and consumers gave in to all the juicy and overpriced contracts and waived environmental compliances.  Thus was born the “power […]