October 8, 2018

SOLAR PARA SA BAYAN MINI-GRID FRANCHISE IS A TROJAN HORSE (Part 1)

David Celestra Tan 8 October 2018 Part 1 When the Congressional Committee on Legislative Franchises swiftly passed House Bill 8179 that is intended to give the Leviste owned Solar Para Sa Bayan (SPSB) corporation a nationwide franchise to set-up electric […]
March 3, 2018

NEW ERC SYSTEMS LOSS LIMITS MUST BE ABSOLUTE NOT AVERAGE TO TRULY BENEFIT MERALCO and CEBU CONSUMERS

David Celestra Tan, MSK March 1, 2018 ERC’s announcement that it is reducing the Systems Loss allowance of Distribution Utilities should be a source of joy to electric consumers, especially those in the Meralco area. It will however be of […]
January 18, 2018

HERE WE GO AGAIN: THE OLD GAME OF THREATENING BROWNOUTS TO OVERPOWER CONSUMERS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS

David Celestra Tan, MSK 17 January 2018 When the widespread power blackouts hit the country in early 1990’s the government and consumers gave in to all the juicy and overpriced contracts and waived environmental compliances.  Thus was born the “power […]
December 28, 2017

MERALCO POWERGENS 3,551mw Power Supply Contracts – Are they Midnight? Are they not Sweetheart? Are they Cartelization?

David Celestra Tan, MSK 27 December 2017 Meralco and their supporters are going to great lengths to deny that these contracts are midnight and that they are not sweetheart deals? What is a Midnight contract or appointment? A contract or […]