May 11, 2015

Petilla for the Senate?

9 May 2015 We heard that Sec. Petilla is preparing to run for the Senate and will file this coming October. Our initial reaction when we first heard he was resigning was indeed he is getting ready to run. Subsequently […]
May 7, 2015

Sec. Petilla Latest to Exit from DOE’s Revolving Door

by David Celestra Tan, MSK 30 April 2015 The coming exit of Secretary Carlos Jericho Petilla from the Department of Energy after only 2 years at the helm reminds all of us that the department has become a revolving door […]
April 18, 2015

MSK Consumer Group Seeks Bidding of Power Generation Contracts

The consumer group, Matuwid na Singil sa Kuryente Consumer Alliance (MSK) had submitted to the Energy Regulatory Commission its propose rules for the open competitive bidding of bilateral power supply contracts by distribution utilities like Meralco who passes on the […]
December 20, 2014

DOE’s “First Come First Served” Approach to RE FIT Allocation Outdated

David Celestra Tan 20 December 2014 When the subsidized rate for Renewable Energies were announced by the ERC, many green energy companies, local and foreign wanted to take advantage of such attractive rates. But the Philippines, evidently aware of the […]