November 7, 2014

Locational Strategy Needed for Philippine Power Development

David  Celestra Tan 5 November 2014 If the Philippines were to continually develop its power supply to meet its growing needs it requires predictable and well planned generating capacity additions and a better planned proactive transmission development program. Currently, private […]
October 31, 2014

Security of Power Supply and The Futility of Sec. 71

David Celestra Tan 31 October 2014 While a lot of attention is on invoking Epira Law’s Section 71 to grant emergency powers to the President of the Philippines to deal with an “imminent power crisis” this coming summer, there are […]
October 22, 2014

DOE’s Power Shortage Prediction Needs to Regain Credibility in a Hurry

By David Celestra Tan 20 October 2014 Despite all the technical and econometric considerations that go into projecting the country’s power demand and supply, it is still in the end not an exact science. There are many assumptions that may […]
October 1, 2014

Business Mirror: Emergency powers and other options

By Edgardo Angara, September 20, 2014  Business Mirror BETWEEN 1987 and 1992, the Philippines suffered a severe power crisis, experiencing brownouts that average 8 to 10 hours a day. Faced with a 3,000-megawatt (MW) shortfall, the nation endured nearly 500 […]