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 […]
September 20, 2016

Can there Still be A truly competitive CSP with 5 Major IPP’s Partnering with Meralco PowerGen in a Cartel?

David Celestra Tan, MSK Meralco PowerGen’s cartel has currently proposed 4,100mw of coal projects with five (5) major erstwhile independent power generators that on their own also control about another 5,000mw of power plants. That’s 80% already of the country’s […]
August 30, 2016

The Betrayal and Treason of Rule 11 of the Epira IRR On Limits of Cross-Ownership

David Celestra Tan, MSK 26 August 2016 How can Meralco, a power distributor, legally arrogate unto itself an unlimited cross-ownership with sister power generators when there was supposed to be a 50% limit? The Epira Law already allowed Meralco under […]