July 7, 2017

Meralco denies ‘midnight power deals’ with ERC

By Marc Jayson Cayabyab – July 04, 2017 07:11 PM from Philippine Daily Inquirer The Manila Electric Company (Meralco) on Tuesday denied allegations that it obtained favored power supply deals from the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) which was accused of granting “midnight deals” to the […]
November 25, 2016

Duterte threatens to abolish ERC, if execs won’t quit

By FRINSTON LIM AND DAXIM L. LUCAS – November 25, 2016, 04:13 AM from Philippine Daily Inquirer DAVAO CITY—President Duterte has lashed out at officials of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) for refusing to resign following allegations of corruption and threatened to […]
November 11, 2016

Stop Meralco deals, SC asked

By: Gil C. Cabacungan – November 10, 2016, 04:16 AM from Philippine Daily Inquirer A consumer group has asked the Supreme Court to stop the  Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) from approving Manila Electric Company’s (Meralco)  20-year power supply agreements (PSA) that did not […]
October 29, 2016

Guest Post: Can consumers ever organize?

By: Cielito F. Habito – October 18, 2016, 12:19 AM from Philippine Daily Inquirer How can companies providing various goods and services that are part of our daily lives keep getting away with practices amounting to abuse and exploitation of their consumers—the very […]