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 […]
May 3, 2018

Delays hit supercritical coal power plant

By Lenie Lectura – May 2, 2018 from Business Mirror THE construction of the country’s first coal-fired power plant to use supercritical technology has been stalled by a few months, an official of Meralco PowerGen Corp. (MGen) said. San Buenaventura […]
May 2, 2018

Meralco: Subjecting PSAs with power producers ‘unfair’

By Lenie Lectura – May 1, 2018 from Business Mirror A GOVERNMENT proposal to subject to “Swiss challenge” the pending power-supply agreements (PSAs) between the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) and power producers is unfair, a Meralco official said. “I think […]
February 17, 2018

The Lesson That Matters from the Ombudsman Suspension of the ERC Commissioners

David Celestra Tan, MSK 12 February 2018 When the Office of the Ombudsman handed down on December 21, 2017 its decision finding the Five (5) Commissioners of the ERC guilty of neglect of duty and abuse of discretion in favoring […]