January 25, 2016

Is PEMC’s claimed P8.29 Billion Market Benefit of RE Valid?

David Celestra Tan, MSK 24 January 2016 In the face of the heavy subsidies being charged to the electric consumers for Renewable Energy power, PEMC released a study by Jonathan de la Vina, its market specialist showing that the infusion […]
January 8, 2015

How Much Should Meralco be Allowed to Profit as a Public Service Utility?

by David Celestra Tan 2 January 2015 Part I Let us start the New Year by going back to the basics of Meralco’s rates, which is how much should they, as a franchised public service utility, be allowed to profit? […]
October 31, 2014

Security of Power Supply and The Futility of Sec. 71

David Celestra Tan 31 October 2014 While a lot of attention is on invoking Epira Law’s Section 71 to grant emergency powers to the President of the Philippines to deal with an “imminent power crisis” this coming summer, there are […]
September 27, 2014

Philippine Star: Meralco in talks with power producers

By Iris C. Gonzales (The Philippine Star) | Updated September 27, 2014 – 12:00am MANILA, Philippines – Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) is negotiating with power producers to contract as much capacity as it can for the summer of 2015, officials said. […]