July 8, 2015

Petilla’s Quiet Big Bang Farewell Gift for Electric Consumers

04 July 2015 David Celestra Tan, MSK On the day Department of Energy Secretary Carlos Jericho Petilla physically left his post as Secretary of Energy on June 30, 2015, he also quietly detonated a hell of a gift to the […]
May 30, 2015

Gov’t Can Cure Malampaya Disruption of Meralco Rates

David Celestra Tan 26 May 2015 Meralco rates go crazy and shoot up everytime the Malampaya gas supply is interrupted due to maintenance or production problems. And that happens once or twice a year. It is also used by Meralco […]
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 […]
September 1, 2014

Of WESM Price Caps and Market Settling Prices

David Celestra Tan, Matuwid na Singil sa Kuryente Consumer Alliance Inc. The DOE and ERC are incessantly being pressured by pro-IPP lobby groups MAP and ECCP to lift the secondary price cap in the WESM market. They claim “this deters […]