October 17, 2020

Quezon Power Mauban’s Rate is now 51% to 82% higher than the other coal plants. Should the DOE and ERC not investigate?

David Celestra Tan, MSK 17 October 2020 This year 2020, Meralco likes to boast that its generation rate had come down from P4.9039 per kwh in January to P4.12 per kwh in August, a 16% reduction. They like to point […]
October 2, 2020

NGCP’s Attempts to Connect Mindoro and Palawan to Its Franchise Area of Luzon Not Totally Objectionable but must be Done Right, and over a Right Transition Period (Part 2)

David Celestra Tan, MSK 27 September 2020   Continuation CONCERNS OF CONSUMERS 1. MSK as a consumer advocacy group is notper se againstthe idea of inter-connecting these two large off-grid islands to the main grid and Luzon. It just needs […]
September 29, 2020

NGCP’s Attempts to Connect Mindoro and Palawan to Its Franchise Area of Luzon Not Totally Objectionable but must be Done Right, and over a Right Transition Period (Part 1)

Part 1 David Celestra Tan, MSK 27 September 2020 The two largest islands close to Luzon are Mindoro and Palawan but they are not yet connected to the National Grid via Luzon. In March 2019 the National Grid Corporation of […]
August 4, 2020

Unraveling Meralco’s Mystifying Sales Numbers – By Methods We Learned in High School (Part 2/4)

Part 2 David Celestra Tan, MSK 4 August 2020   Meralco’s annual financial performance and status is audited and certified to by SGV, the country’s premier auditing firm. We have to trust that the income statement that they are certifying […]