January 23, 2017

Are Meralco Rates Lower? Yes. Are they Fair and Reasonable? No! Plus the Hoodwink of IEC’s Power Cost Reports.

David Celestra Tan, MSK 19 January 2017 Meralco consumers and the whole world are being inundated by Meralco’s pronouncements trumpeting the reductions in Meralco’s power rates. In one recent release they implied that the reduction is P0.31 per kwh compared […]
January 7, 2017

10 Good Things the ERC Can Do For Consumers in 2017 For It to Rebuild its Image

David Celestra Tan, MSK 7 January 2017 ERC’s image as an honest to goodness regulator that is true to its mandate as a guardian of public interest in power delivery services is for now tarnished. The following are some of […]
January 4, 2017

Meralco’s Customer Mix and the DOE’s Flexible Energy Mix

David Celestra Tan, MSK 26 December 2016 The Federation of the Philippine Industries for its part jumped on the DOE’s “flexible energy mix strategy” exclaiming “this technology-neutral power mix could “indeed promote a more competitive market and eventually lower the […]
December 23, 2016

2 plants in shutdown on Malampaya repair

By Myrna M. Velasco – December 22, 2016, 10:01 PM from Manila Bulletin Two power plants – Quezon Power and Calaca coal-fired generating units – will be under scheduled maintenance shutdown almost parallel to the shutdown of the Malampaya gas […]