September 26, 2014

Power Supply, Monopoly, WESM, and Tide

by David Celestra Tan an original blog post on Philippine Power Insights Like stand-up comedian Johnny Carson used to ask in his joke routine, name four things that clean you better than Clorox? Answer for Meralco consumers: Tide, Sweetheart Power […]
September 25, 2014

Mindanao’s power problem needs a Mindanao solution

First published in Mindanao Examiner, Monday, June 16, 2014 09:58:40 PM Also in Philippine Power Insights blog, July 7, 2014 THE POWER WOES of Mindanao had been taking long to solve because we are trying to force upon them a Luzon solution […]
September 24, 2014

Is Meralco telling whole story?

First Published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, May 11, 2014 Also appeared in Philippine Power Insights blog, July 7, 2014 When Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) tried to charge its customers for the 74-percent and 100-percent generation rate increases in December […]
September 22, 2014

Righting what’s wrong with the Epira

First published in Philippine Daily Inquirer, Feb. 17, 2014 (First of three parts) Also published in Philippine Power Insights blog Everyone is washing his hands of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (Epira) of 2001, now that it has reared […]