October 24, 2017

Our National Dance on Market Concentration in Power….and the Resulting Monopolization, Oligopolization, and Cartelization.

David Celestra Tan, MSK 22 October 2017 The DOE and ERC have been dancing around the issue of Market Concentration in Power since the get-go of the crafting and passing of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 that […]
October 17, 2017

Legislators Incessantly Pressuring ERC for Meralco Must Equally Show Concern for Electric Consumers

David Celestra Tan, MSK 16 October 2017 Almost everyday Legislators have been bombarding the ERC with press releases to pressure them to expedite the approval of Meralco’s seven (7) midnight power supply contracts. They subject the ERC Commissioners to hearings […]
October 7, 2017

Viewpoint: Meralco Midnight Contracts an ERC-Meralco Conspiracy?

Evelyn Viray Jallorina Alyansa para saBagongPilipinas 6 October 2017 Did ERC actually conspire with Meralco in making way for MeralcoPowerGen to sign the 3,551mw of new power supply agreements? Our cause oriented group, Alyansa para saBagongPilipinas had filed a complaint […]
September 26, 2017

San Miguel power biz to bid for Masinloc plant ownership

By  Lenie Lectura – September 25, 2017 from Business Mirror THE power business of San Miguel Corp. (SMC) may bid for the controlling stake of AES Corp. in the 600-megawatt (MW) coal-power plant in Masinloc, Zambales. “Yes, we are interested,” said SMC […]