March 16, 2019

Elephants in the ERC Room…And a Flying Dumbo (Part 3)

David Celestra Tan, MSK 14 March 2019 Part 3 of 3 In addition to the skeletons in the ERC closets, there are elephants in their regulatory room, including a flying dumbo. These are the seven (7) Meralco midnight contracts totaling […]
February 26, 2019

Supercritical coal plant seen operational by end December

By Lenie Lectura – February 26, 2019 from Business Mirror THE country’s first coal-fired power plant to use supercritical technology is 97-percent complete, with commercial operation set later this year. San Buenaventura Power Ltd. (SBPL), a partnership between Meralco PowerGen […]
February 15, 2019

DISTURBING QUESTIONS ON MERALCO’S INCREASE IN POWER GENERATION CHARGES THAT WE HOPE THE ERC WILL ASK THEM TO EXPLAIN

David Celestra Tan, MSK 15 February 2019 Meralco’s average rate is increasing this month by P0.5682 from P9.8385 Per kwh to P10.4067 per kwh. Meralco says Nothing to worry, it will cost the average consumer of 200kwh “only” an additional […]
January 23, 2019

ERC to resolve 640 PSA applications by mid-2020

By Lenie Lectura – January 23, 2019 from Business Mirror THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is doubling efforts to resolve over 600 pending applications for power supply agreements (PSA). ERC Chairman Agnes Devanadera said the agency is targeting to resolve over […]