March 29, 2016

ERC’s Extension of CSP Effectivity Could Be Costly for Consumers and A Big Step Back in Drive Against Monopolization of Generation Sector

David Celestra Tan and Evelyn Viray, MSK 28 March 2016 The ERC issued a new Resolution postponing the effectivity of the mandatory CSP for new power supply contracts to April 30, 2016 from November 30, 2015. What would seem an […]
February 13, 2016

Why Electric Consumers Need A Petilla in the Senate

David Celestra Tan, MSK There is a lot of work needed to undo the damage to electric consumers of the failures of the implementation of the Epira Law, of the deregulated and privatized power industry, of the compromised regulatory authority […]
September 21, 2015

Moving Forward with the Mandatory CSP Of Power Supply Contracts

David Celestra Tan, Co-Convenor, Matuwid na Singil sa Kuryente Consumer Alliance Inc. (MSK) Voluntary implementation of the CSP is like junking the policy and completely abandoning the consumers. Meralco’s Residential and Commercial electric consumers have been paying the highest rates […]
April 1, 2015

ERC Hears MSK Petition to Subject Power Supply Contracts to Open Competitive Bidding

The Energy Regulatory Commission held a public hearing last March 23 on consumer group Matuwid na Singil sa Kuryente’s petition to make it mandatory for distribution utilities like Meralco and Aboitiz to subject to open competitive bidding their power supply […]