November 12, 2014

Stars Not Aligned for Proper Amending of the Epira Law

Certain quarters—legislative leaders, consumer groups, party-list groups—are calling for the amendment of the Epira, or the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001. There is no question that the 13-year-old Republic Act No. 9136 has been a disaster for the […]
November 6, 2014

P3 Reduction in Meralco’s Rate An Achievable Dream!

87% or P2.60 will not even come from Meralco’s pockets but from various pass-on charges on which Meralco had been claiming for many years they don’t make money and only act as collectors. Generation charge, transmission charge, systems loss, VAT, […]
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 13, 2014

Current FIT and FIT-All Rules Seems UN-FIT for Consumers

By David Celestra Tan 12 October 2014 Last October 1 I attended a Solar Summit at the SMX Convention Center that was organized by the Philippine Solar Power Alliance. An ERC official explained the current Feed In Tariff program for […]