November 12, 2015

CSP Rules Too Late for Many Mindanao DUs

by David A. Tauli President, Mindanao Coalition of Power Consumers (MCPC) EARLY in his term, the new chairman of the Energy Regulatory Commission, Jose Vicente B. Salazar has demonstrated that he will pursue regulatory reforms that will result in fair […]
November 4, 2015

MSK Holds Rally at ERC for Timely start of Mandatory CSP

MSK is afraid that the CSP implementation is being delayed to allow Meralco time to sign mid-night contracts for 3,000mw power and escape the mandatory bidding rules of the DOE. It is the electric consumers who will suffer negotiated high […]
October 26, 2015

The DOE’s CSP Rules and You ……And Why Meralco Is Fighting it Tooth and Nail

MSK October 24 2015 The Department of Energy, the energy policy making body of the country, passed a Circular on June 30, 2015 requiring distribution utilities like Meralco to open to competitive selection process (CSP) their purchases of power supplies […]
October 21, 2015

Will Meralco’s Rate Reductions be Permanent? Not a Chance.

David Celestra Tan, MSK Meralco Residential and Commercial Consumers should rejoice everytime Meralco’s highest electric rate is reduced specially in this one that so far amounted to an unprecedented P1.96 per kwh from a year ago or 19%. Meralco likes […]