November 12, 2018

Electric Coops need Better Management More Than Private Sector Money

David Celestra Tan, MSK 12 November 2018 Electric coops nationwide are providing unsatisfactory service and higher rates leading to popular calls for their privatization. But why are they failing and what will privatization give them? Commonly believed or assumed is, […]
October 22, 2018

Viewpoint: An Open letter to the DOE Secretary on what to do about the grand theft of consumers’ money in the amount of more than 5.0 billion pesos every year that is being carried out by 15 electric cooperatives in Mindanao

David A. Tauli, President, Mindanao Coalition 19 October 2018 SIR: This is to suggest to the Department of Energy that they should carry out legal actions against the ERC commissioners and against officials in the DOE in the past administration, […]
October 14, 2018

An Open Letter to President Duterte on ERCs Intended CSP Rules

14 October 2018 An Open Letter to President Rodrigo R. Duterte CC: ERC Chair Agnes Devanadera By Matuwid na Singil sa Kuryente Consumer Alliance Inc. Subject: Proposed ERC Rules Allowing Unsolicited Proposals and Swiss Challenge in Procurement of Power Supply […]
October 5, 2018

The Consumers Dilemma that is Atimonan….The Riddle that is Energy Mix. (Part 2)

David Celestra Tan, MSK 3 October 2018 Part 2 To see things in their whole perspective as a package of 3,551mw power supply contracts for Meralco’s own sister company Meralco PowerGen and their cartel partners, let us compare the ERC […]