February 19, 2015

Meralco Customers Paying P13.68 B a Year More To Sister Company Generators

David Celestra Tan 16 February 2015 If there is any doubt at all on whether monopolization and self-negotiated power supply agreements are bad for electric consumers and the economic competitiveness of the country, we only have to look at Meralco’s […]
February 2, 2015

DOE Task Force report on ways to reduce electricity prices

After more than six months of meetings, the Multi-Sectoral Task Force to Find Ways To Reduce Electricity Prices that was convened by the Department of Energy finalized its summary report and scheduled a Hand-Over Ceremony to the Honorable Secretary of […]
January 21, 2015

Clear and Present Danger of Meralco’s Monopolization and Sister Company Generation

David Celestra Tan 18 January 2015 The clear and present danger of Meralco’s bilateral contract monopolization and sister company generation starkly stares all of us in the face. The electricity consumers, government regulators and legislators, and Meralco itself, except the […]
January 8, 2015

How Much Should Meralco be Allowed to Profit as a Public Service Utility?

by David Celestra Tan 2 January 2015 Part I Let us start the New Year by going back to the basics of Meralco’s rates, which is how much should they, as a franchised public service utility, be allowed to profit? […]