August 8, 2016

Root Cause of Power Plant Shutdowns Financial Not Technical

David Celestra Tan, MSK 6 August 2016 Everytime power supply in the Luzon grid flickers into yellow alert or the WESM spot prices shoot up, it is the shutdowns of power plants that cause them. Calls for investigations will only […]
August 2, 2016

PSALM’s ‘STRANDED COSTS” –The Just and Equitable Methodology to Spread the Burden and Time to Rethink the Strategic Use of Remaining NPC Assets

David Celestra Tan, MSK 29 July 2016 Electric consumers nationwide are being charged the so-called stranded costs of the privatization and deregulation of the power sector as provided for in the EPIRA Law of 2001. This item in your bill, […]
July 9, 2016

Cutting Electricity Rates The Right Way

David Celestra Tan, MSK 9 July 2016 When the subject of reducing power rates come up, Meralco gratuitously suggests “reduce the VAT taxes”. When there was pressure to reduce generation rates, they suggested that the government should eliminate the taxes […]
March 15, 2016

Truth and Dangers of PEMC’s P8.29 Billion Benefit of RE to Consumers

March 15, 2016 PEMC announced in late January to the hapless electric consumers that the Renewable Energy suppliers that are enjoying Feed-In Tariff subsidies have actually saved consumers P8.29 billion for one year from the wholesale electricity market and that […]