December 10, 2019

Groups push ‘overdue’ review of Epira 18 years after, cite high-power costs

By Lenie Lectura -December 10, 2019 from Business Mirror Workers connect electricity cables to a transmission pole. (Bloomberg) CONSUMER advocate Power for People Coalition on Monday urged the government to review the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (Epira), citing unaffordable electricity […]
December 10, 2019

TRAITORS OF OUR TIMES – IN THE POWER SECTOR

David Celestra Tan, MSK 8 December 2019 To say that the current Philippine power sector is a mess is an understatement. This supposed privatized and deregulated power industry is so only in form and pretention. Even before they finalized the […]
December 7, 2019

PSALM taps ADB for study on sale of CBK, Casecnan plants

By Myrna M. Velasco – December 6, 2019, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin State-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) is tapping the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to frame a study that will shape the structural mode of […]
December 5, 2019

Finding ‘operational lapses,’ ERC orders Peco to explain

By Lenie Lectura -December 5, 2019 from Business Mirror THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has found “operational lapses” on the part of Panay Electric Co., Inc. (Peco). In an order dated November 26, and released to the public Wednesday, the […]