June 8, 2018

The Vision of ERC’s Composition According to the Epira Law (Part 1)

David Celestra Tan, MSK 9 June 2018 Part 1 When the Philippines decided to privatize and deregulate the Power Sector seventeen years ago this month in June 2001, they created an Energy Regulatory Commission to ensure the goals of creating […]
June 5, 2018

Who is to Blame for the Delays of the 1,200mw Atimonan One and 600mw Redondo Power Coal Projects? Meralco, Consumer Groups, or ERC?

David Celestra Tan, MSK 4 June 2018 The country needs additional power supply specially the modern and cost efficient kinds. The 1,200mw AtimonanOne “supercritical coal plant” and the 600mw Redondo Power project would have come in nicely in 2020 and […]
May 26, 2018

Abolishing the ERC and Creating a New Regulatory Agency are not the Keys…it is Heart and Spirit (Part 2)

David Celestra Tan, MSK 27 May 2018 Part 2 Many of the Problems of the ERC have been self-inflicted 2. If the ERC had the right regulatory soul for the consumers and faithful to its clear mandates under Section 38 […]
May 25, 2018

ABOLISHING ERC AND CREATING A NEW POWER REGULATORY AGENCY NOT THE KEYS…..IT IS HEART AND SPIRIT. (Part 1)

David Celestra Tan, MSK 23 May 2018 Part 1 In February 2014 we wrote in the Philippine Inquirer about the Epira Law being an imperfect law that is imperfectly implemented.  As it relates to the Energy Regulatory Commission that it […]