April 22, 2020

Remaking a New Philippines and a New Filipino….Musings of an Eternal Optimist in A Post Coronavirus Period.

David Celestra Tan, MSK 22 April 2020 Let me start my optimism with a pessimism. We should be prepared that there will really be no post-coronavirus period per se. Life for humanity and Filipinos including the very rich nations of […]
April 11, 2020

The Extension of Bill Collections of Electric Coops Injected an Unintended Virus that Need Immediate Reassessment….Or it can Put Them and Their Power Suppliers Unnecessarily in ICU.

David Celestra Tan, MSK 11 April 2020   While waiting for a COVID-19 Vaccine, the most effective interim measures are social distancing, home-in-place, sanitation, and testing. The government had done a good job, considering the limits of our resources, to […]
March 10, 2020

We Need Consistency and Coherence in our Energy Mix Policy….Walking the Clean Energy Talk

David Celestra Tan, MSK 8 March 2020 Our country is supposed to have joined the civilized world in recognizing and addressing the climate change problem. It is a signatory to the Kyoto Protocol. It  joined the global cavalry march for […]
February 24, 2020

Calibrating Our RE FIT Strategy for Achieving our Clean Energy Goals

Heeding the Expensive Lessons of the DOE’s FIT Program David Celestra Tan, MSK 21 February 2020 After the first and second wave of about 2,000mw of Renewable Energy projects enticed by super generous Feed-In-Tariff rates, the RE industry lost its […]