August 15, 2016

Meralco’s Seven (7) Midnight Coal Power Supply Contracts If Allowed will Define us as a People and Nation Beyond Electricity

David Celestra Tan, MSK August 8, 2016 Part 1 The MVP Group Struck like lightning to cartelize the country’s Power Generation sector while the country was engrossed in choosing its new President. It hurriedly signed Seven (7) midnight long term […]
July 18, 2016

Update: The Emerging Truth About Meralco’s Interim Distribution Rate Reduction of P0.1883 per kwh

David Celestra Tan, MSK 17 July 2016 A year ago in July 2015 Meralco urgently petitioned the ERC to reduce its distribution rate by 10.4% to P1.3939 per kwh from P1.5822 that was approved for the Third Regulatory period of […]
April 16, 2016

What To Do With The 700mw Stranded Solar Projects?

David Celestra Tan, MSK 16 April 2016 The solar industry lobby group, Solar Alliance is asking the DOE to extend the granting of the premium P8.67 per kwh FIT rate to those solar projects that failed to commission by the […]
March 29, 2016

ERC’s Extension of CSP Effectivity Could Be Costly for Consumers and A Big Step Back in Drive Against Monopolization of Generation Sector

David Celestra Tan and Evelyn Viray, MSK 28 March 2016 The ERC issued a new Resolution postponing the effectivity of the mandatory CSP for new power supply contracts to April 30, 2016 from November 30, 2015. What would seem an […]