August 2, 2016

PSALM’s ‘STRANDED COSTS” –The Just and Equitable Methodology to Spread the Burden and Time to Rethink the Strategic Use of Remaining NPC Assets

David Celestra Tan, MSK 29 July 2016 Electric consumers nationwide are being charged the so-called stranded costs of the privatization and deregulation of the power sector as provided for in the EPIRA Law of 2001. This item in your bill, […]
July 18, 2016

Update: The Emerging Truth About Meralco’s Interim Distribution Rate Reduction of P0.1883 per kwh

David Celestra Tan, MSK 17 July 2016 A year ago in July 2015 Meralco urgently petitioned the ERC to reduce its distribution rate by 10.4% to P1.3939 per kwh from P1.5822 that was approved for the Third Regulatory period of […]
July 9, 2016

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 […]
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 […]