November 12, 2014

Stars Not Aligned for Proper Amending of the Epira Law

Certain quarters—legislative leaders, consumer groups, party-list groups—are calling for the amendment of the Epira, or the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001. There is no question that the 13-year-old Republic Act No. 9136 has been a disaster for the […]
November 6, 2014

P3 Reduction in Meralco’s Rate An Achievable Dream!

87% or P2.60 will not even come from Meralco’s pockets but from various pass-on charges on which Meralco had been claiming for many years they don’t make money and only act as collectors. Generation charge, transmission charge, systems loss, VAT, […]
November 5, 2014

RE FIT-All added to electric bills starting January

from Manila Bulletin by Myrna Velasco, November 4, 2014 Filipino consumers will soon see an additional line item in their electric bills to be labeled as feed-in-tariff allowance (FIT-All) pegged at P0.0406 per kilowatt- hour (kwh). The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) […]
October 27, 2014

DOE’S PROPOSED DASAP IS SEC. PETILLA’S POTENTIAL LEGACY

David Celestra Tan Updated 27 October 2014 One of the hallmarks of MSK’s recommendation to reduce the cost of electricity in the Meralco area by P3 per kwh is opening the power supply contracts of these private distribution utilities to […]