August 22, 2018

Counterpoint to Meralco’s Rate Propaganda: The Issue is Affordability and Overcharging in Rates Not Statistical Mumbo-Jumbo

David Celestra Tan, MSK 22 August 2018 Meralco’s vaunted propaganda and hoodwinking machinery went to town a few days ago trumpeting that Meralco customers should be happy that its rate is 18% lower than two years ago in 2016. All […]
June 11, 2018

The Vision of ERC’s Composition According to the Epira Law (Part 2)

Part 2 11 June 2018   III. The vision and mission of the ERC are actually simple.  The vision is for the Assurance of adequate supply of electricity, entry of the private sector, and the assurance of fair and reasonable rates. […]
June 8, 2018

The Vision of ERC’s Composition According to the Epira Law (Part 1)

David Celestra Tan, MSK 9 June 2018 Part 1 When the Philippines decided to privatize and deregulate the Power Sector seventeen years ago this month in June 2001, they created an Energy Regulatory Commission to ensure the goals of creating […]
May 26, 2018

Abolishing the ERC and Creating a New Regulatory Agency are not the Keys…it is Heart and Spirit (Part 2)

David Celestra Tan, MSK 27 May 2018 Part 2 Many of the Problems of the ERC have been self-inflicted 2. If the ERC had the right regulatory soul for the consumers and faithful to its clear mandates under Section 38 […]