September 22, 2014

Righting what’s wrong with the Epira

First published in Philippine Daily Inquirer, Feb. 17, 2014 (First of three parts) Also published in Philippine Power Insights blog Everyone is washing his hands of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (Epira) of 2001, now that it has reared […]
September 19, 2014

Grid Systems Operation must be returned to Transco, Urgently!

By David Celestra Tan, Matuwid na Singil sa Kuryente Consumer Alliance Inc. 16 September 2014 Every transmission project undertaken by the concessionaire National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is added to its rate base to determine its transmission charges […]
September 15, 2014

Meralco Can Be a Gentle Giant of a Utility

David Celestra Tan 14 September 2014 Electricity Consumers of Metro-Manila and the Calabarzon area will have to reconcile with the reality that we have a distribution utility that dominates 74% of the Luzon electricity use and 62% of the national […]
September 12, 2014

PBR is a farce: Meralco’s Rate Padding Schemes Showed in its PBR Application

(Based on the audit report of ERC foreign consultants, PB Associates in relation to Meralco’s application for new PBR rates) 1. Introduction Meralco has the highest distribution rates in the Philippines. The 5000mw Meralco is about 30% higher than the […]