April 6, 2017

WESM-Mindanao still tangled with ‘market operation’ concerns

By Myrna M. Velasco – April 4, 2017, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The proposed establishment of Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) in Mindanao is still tangled with somewhat “difficult to understand and resolve” as well as wobbly “market operation” concerns, […]
September 26, 2014

Power Supply, Monopoly, WESM, and Tide

by David Celestra Tan an original blog post on Philippine Power Insights Like stand-up comedian Johnny Carson used to ask in his joke routine, name four things that clean you better than Clorox? Answer for Meralco consumers: Tide, Sweetheart Power […]
September 22, 2014

Accountabilities, doable solutions

First published in Philippine Daily Inquirer, February 19, 2014 (Last of three parts) Also published in Philippine Power Insights blog The Electric Power Industry Reform Act (Epira) will probably be amended, but it is unlikely that the amendments will cure […]
September 22, 2014

Epira an imperfect law imperfectly implemented

First published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, Feb. 18, 2014 (Second of three parts) Also published in Philippine Power Insights blog To be fair, deregulating the power sector is a daunting task. The dynamics of the sector are complicated by […]