May 20, 2017

TransCo receives additional FIT rate

by Alena Mae S. Flores – May 19, 2017 at 07:56 pm from Manila Standard Today The Energy Regulatory Commission allowed National Transmission Corp. to collect an additional P0.0590 per kilowatt-hour in feed-in tariff allowance from consumers, bringing the rate to P0.1830 per […]
February 2, 2017

ERC Hearings on MSK PBR Petition Start March 17

David Celestra Tan 3 February 2017 On December 22, 2015 your consumer organization Matuwid na Singil sa Kuryente Consumer Alliance Inc. filed a petition with the Energy Regulatory Commission for the review and modification of the new rate setting methodology […]
January 28, 2017

Malampaya shutdown starts today

By Lenie Lectura – January 28, 2017 from Business Mirror Power-industry stakeholders have finalized contingency plans that would address a possible supply-deficiency scenario during the 20-day shutdown of the Malampaya gas facility, which supplies 40 percent of the Manila Electric Co.’s (Meralco) requirement, […]
January 23, 2017

Are Meralco Rates Lower? Yes. Are they Fair and Reasonable? No! Plus the Hoodwink of IEC’s Power Cost Reports.

David Celestra Tan, MSK 19 January 2017 Meralco consumers and the whole world are being inundated by Meralco’s pronouncements trumpeting the reductions in Meralco’s power rates. In one recent release they implied that the reduction is P0.31 per kwh compared […]