October 24, 2017

Our National Dance on Market Concentration in Power….and the Resulting Monopolization, Oligopolization, and Cartelization.

David Celestra Tan, MSK 22 October 2017 The DOE and ERC have been dancing around the issue of Market Concentration in Power since the get-go of the crafting and passing of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 that […]
October 17, 2017

Legislators Incessantly Pressuring ERC for Meralco Must Equally Show Concern for Electric Consumers

David Celestra Tan, MSK 16 October 2017 Almost everyday Legislators have been bombarding the ERC with press releases to pressure them to expedite the approval of Meralco’s seven (7) midnight power supply contracts. They subject the ERC Commissioners to hearings […]
October 12, 2017

ERC collates feedback on bill-deposit draft rules

By Lenie Lectura – October 11, 2017 from Business Mirror The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is soliciting comments on the newly released draft rules governing the monitoring and reporting process of bill deposits. A bill deposit, equivalent to the estimated billing for one […]
October 10, 2017

Consumers could unduly face volatile WESM prices – SMC

By Myrna M. Velasco – October 8, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The legally-contested action of state-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) terminating the independent power producer administrator (IPPA) agreement for the supply contract of the 1,200-megawatt […]