September 20, 2016

Can there Still be A truly competitive CSP with 5 Major IPP’s Partnering with Meralco PowerGen in a Cartel?

David Celestra Tan, MSK Meralco PowerGen’s cartel has currently proposed 4,100mw of coal projects with five (5) major erstwhile independent power generators that on their own also control about another 5,000mw of power plants. That’s 80% already of the country’s […]
September 19, 2016

Govt okays grid study for FirstPac coal plant

by Alena Mae S. Flores – September 18, 2016 at 11:25 pm from Manila Standard Today The Energy Department approved the conduct of a grid impact study for Global Luzon Energy Development Corp., now controlled by First Pacific Co. Ltd., on its 670 […]
March 29, 2016

ERC’s Extension of CSP Effectivity Could Be Costly for Consumers and A Big Step Back in Drive Against Monopolization of Generation Sector

David Celestra Tan and Evelyn Viray, MSK 28 March 2016 The ERC issued a new Resolution postponing the effectivity of the mandatory CSP for new power supply contracts to April 30, 2016 from November 30, 2015. What would seem an […]
March 3, 2016

Meralco’s Most Brazen Consumer Hoodwinking May Yet to Come on CSP

David Celestra Tan, MSK 1 March 2016 When Meralco supposedly agreed to respect the new policy for CSP contracting of power generation supply we were pleasantly surprised about the enlightened position of the long reviled utility. But now it seems […]