August 22, 2016
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IPP’s Surrender to Meralco’s Market Capture and the Rise of the Power Oligarchy

David Celestra Tan, MSK 20 August 2016 “We know we wanted to deregulate, we just forgot why we are doing it!” a USA regulator lamented. That in a nutshell is the state of the deregulated and privatized power sector in […]
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August 17, 2016
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Stealing President Rody’s Thunder

Meralco’s Seven (7) Midnight Coal Contracts Pre-Empted Duterte Government’s Say in Energy Mix, CSP, Electricity Rate Reduction, and Economic Development. David Celestra Tan, MSK 14 August 2016 Part 2 It is not an exaggeration to say that Meralco, by moving […]
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July 26, 2016
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A Caution to DOE Secretary Al Cusi On A Realistic Energy Mix Policy

David Celestra Tan, MSK 25 July 2016 Dear Secretary Cusi: You are coming into the Department of Energy that had been touting an Energy Mix objective of 30% coal, 30% natural gas, 30% renewable Energy, and 10% all others. We […]
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July 9, 2016
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Cutting Electricity Rates The Right Way

David Celestra Tan, MSK 9 July 2016 When the subject of reducing power rates come up, Meralco gratuitously suggests “reduce the VAT taxes”. When there was pressure to reduce generation rates, they suggested that the government should eliminate the taxes […]
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