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 27, 2017

Part of Meralco’sP19 Billion Profit Comes From Improper Systems Loss Charges

David Celestra Tan, MSK January 26 2017 Updated from 5 December 2014 How much is Meralco charging you for the electricity they buy butlose in their distribution system either through technical or pilferage reasons? Most people think it is about […]
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 […]
January 13, 2017

Simple But Deeper Issues in Power are Part of High Power Cost Problem

David Celestra Tan, MSK 12 January 2017 Energy Writer Myrna Velasco’s two part series on power policy and high power cost that appeared in the Manila Bulletin touched on the usual issues bedeviling the power sector and the country’s search […]