January 5, 2015

Petition for Rule Changes in ERC’s Rate-making Methodologies and the Manner of Contracting Bilateral Generation Contracts, Submitting the Same to Open, Competitive Bidding to Protect Consumers

For the information of Meralco consumers and MSK members, we are posting the copy of the first petition we filed related to MSK’s campaign to reduce power costs by P3 per kwh. The following are the co-signatories of the petition. […]
January 3, 2015

Are Electric Consumers Double Charged for Ancillary Services by NGCP and its dispatch of MRU?

David Celestra Tan January 2, 2014 In September and October 2014 Meralco’s purchases from WESM reached astonishing levels of P43.05 and P35.60 per kwh, even higher than the P33 per kwh that wrought havoc on the generation rates in Meralco’s […]
December 31, 2014

Filing Consumer Petitions at ERC a Disturbing Experience

By Aya Jallorina Executive Director Matuwid na Singil sa Kuryente Consumer Alliance Inc.(MSK) aya.msk14org@gmail.com matuwid.org Electricity consumers have long been questioning whether the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is promoting the interest of consumers and not only that of big utilities […]
December 27, 2014

Regulatory Decongestion Essential to an Effective ERC

David Celestra Tan 26 December 2014 To be fair to the ERC, the Epira dumped on it an inordinate amount of responsibilities to making the privatization and deregulation of the power sector work. In the last 13 years it has […]