September 28, 2017

Meralco’s Generation Cartel is the Issue and Itgoes Beyond Meralco and into Power…..the political kind. (Part 2)

David Celestra Tan, MSK 28 September 2017 Worthwhile Competitors Ironically there are many equally capable independent bidders who could have provided  healthy competition, technologies, and alternatives that would have been beneficial to consumers.   Shutout by the MVP Group were the […]
June 28, 2017

ERC denies staff recommendation to consolidate cases against Meralco, TMO, and 1590 Energy

By Lenie Lectura – June 27, 2017 from Business Mirror THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) denied the recommendation of a former investigating staff to consolidate the cases involving anticompetitive behavior and market abuse against the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) and Therma Mobile Inc. […]
June 9, 2017

NGCP records highest electricity peak demand in summer of 2017

By Lenie Lectura – June 8, 2017 from Business Mirror The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) said on Thursday its comprehensive grid enhancement program has helped prevent the occurrence of power failures during the last summer period, just as when the […]
April 24, 2017

DOE MUST PUSH FOR CSP BIDDINGS NOW TO AVOID FUTURE POWER SHORTAGES

David Celestra Tan, MSK Updated 22 April 2017 from 8 November 2016 The inexplicable postponement by the ERC of the policy requiring competitive biddings for power supply contracts by five (5) months and 20 days from November 6, 2015 to […]