January 13, 2017

Simple But Deeper Issues in Power are Part of High Power Cost Problem

David Celestra Tan, MSK 12 January 2017 Energy Writer Myrna Velasco’s two part series on power policy and high power cost that appeared in the Manila Bulletin touched on the usual issues bedeviling the power sector and the country’s search […]
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 […]
November 11, 2016

Why Not Hold CSP Biddings Now to Assure Future Power Supply?

David Celestra Tan, MSK 8 November 2016 They are doing it again to electric consumers! There is a concerted effort to make the public believe that we are running short of power supply and that the current projects, specially by […]