May 11, 2015

Petilla for the Senate?

9 May 2015 We heard that Sec. Petilla is preparing to run for the Senate and will file this coming October. Our initial reaction when we first heard he was resigning was indeed he is getting ready to run. Subsequently […]
May 7, 2015

Sec. Petilla Latest to Exit from DOE’s Revolving Door

by David Celestra Tan, MSK 30 April 2015 The coming exit of Secretary Carlos Jericho Petilla from the Department of Energy after only 2 years at the helm reminds all of us that the department has become a revolving door […]
October 27, 2014

DOE’S PROPOSED DASAP IS SEC. PETILLA’S POTENTIAL LEGACY

David Celestra Tan Updated 27 October 2014 One of the hallmarks of MSK’s recommendation to reduce the cost of electricity in the Meralco area by P3 per kwh is opening the power supply contracts of these private distribution utilities to […]
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 […]