February 24, 2015

Archipelagic Nation Needs Archipelagic Generation

David Celestra Tan 25 January 2015 Should a country generate its power from larger power plants far away from the load center or should it build smaller power plants closer to where they are needed? This article is a continuation […]
February 19, 2015

Meralco Customers Paying P13.68 B a Year More To Sister Company Generators

David Celestra Tan 16 February 2015 If there is any doubt at all on whether monopolization and self-negotiated power supply agreements are bad for electric consumers and the economic competitiveness of the country, we only have to look at Meralco’s […]
February 2, 2015

DOE Task Force report on ways to reduce electricity prices

After more than six months of meetings, the Multi-Sectoral Task Force to Find Ways To Reduce Electricity Prices that was convened by the Department of Energy finalized its summary report and scheduled a Hand-Over Ceremony to the Honorable Secretary of […]
December 17, 2014

Ball on Sec. Petilla’s Court in Reducing Electricity Rates

David Celestra Tan 16 December 2014 It was a wonderful show of consumer sensitivity on the part of current Energy Secretary Carlos Jericho Petilla to have called for a multi-sectoral task force to look for ways to reduce electricity prices. […]