May 24, 2017

The RE Feed-In Tariff Dream that Turned Into a Nightmare for Consumers

David Celestra Tan, MSK 18 May 2017 How is it that whenever the government is doing something supposedly good in power, the electric consumers get screwed in the end? Just like the rest of the world, the Philippines had this […]
October 13, 2016

DOE okays GIS for 23 proposed power projects

by Lenie Lectura – October 11, 2016 from Business Mirror THE Department of Energy (DOE) has cleared 23 proposed power projects for the conduct of grid impact study (GIS). A clearance for the conduct of a GIS is necessary for […]
July 7, 2016

Archipelagic Nation Needs Archipelagic Generation – Part 2

David Celestra Tan July 7, 2016 The debate on distributed generation versus centralized generation dates back to the time of Thomas Alba Edison, the inventor of electricity, when he built the Pearl Street Station in New York in 1882. Napocor’s […]
January 12, 2016

A Sensible Philippine RE and Climate Change Policy

David Celestra Tan 12 January 2016 The Philippines does not really have a handle on a sensible policy and strategy to address climate change. Even its Renewable Energy program that so far is really its only concrete attempt at a […]