May 6, 2019

3 power companies ask ERC to approve emergency PSAs

By Lenie Lectura – May 6, 2019 from Business Mirror THE Manila Electric Co. (Meralco), Millennium Energy Inc. (MEI) and Therma Mobile Inc. (TMO) are asking regulators to approve their applications for emergency power-supply agreements (PSAs) to avert rotational power […]
May 2, 2019

The Root Cause of Power Plant Shutdowns are not Technical But Contractual and Financial

2 May 2019 POSITION PAPER ON LONG TERM SOLUTIONS FOR STABLE POWER SUPPLY MatuwidnaSingilsaKuryente Consumer Alliance Inc. Submitted to: The Joint Congressional Power Committee Hon. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian Hon. Carlos Uybarreta, Congressman, 1Care Party-list Public Hearing May 2, 2019 Dear […]
May 1, 2019

SC asked to declare directive on Meralco bill deposit illegal

By Kristine Joy Patag – April 30, 2019 from The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines — The Makabayan bloc on Tuesday challenged the legality of an Energy Regulatory Commission directive that allowed Meralco to collect bill deposits before the Supreme Court. […]
April 26, 2019

WESM prices spike by P1.523/kwh after brownouts

By Myrna M. Velasco – April 25, 2019, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin After recurrence of rotating brownouts this month, consumers will have to suffer in their next billing roughly P1.523 per kilowatt hour (kwh) surge in rates due to […]