Comments on: Consumer Advocacy http://asianenergyadvisors.com/2008/05/31/consumer-advocacy/ Focused on the Philippine Electricity Sector Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:56:48 +0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: robbie tan http://asianenergyadvisors.com/2008/05/31/consumer-advocacy/comment-page-1/#comment-35173 robbie tan Sun, 13 Jul 2008 10:57:35 +0000 http://asianenergyadvisors.com/?p=926#comment-35173 Notwithstanding the biased media that you have read, stockholders have no problems getting info on meralco. It is surprising that the empty posturings of a govt crony seemed to have fooled a lot of people. Consumers like yours truly can buy meralco stocks - it is openly traded in the market. If that is not consumer ownership, I will never know what it is. What some people dont realize is that the govt owns NPC, and NPC is in BILLIONS of dollars in debt. The 12% eVAT on power sales is whats keeping NPC in the black. Heaven forbid should the same thing happen to Meralco. And to be led by a person whose penchant for buying paintings with pensioner's money is a sure invitation to disaster Notwithstanding the biased media that you have read, stockholders have no problems getting info on meralco. It is surprising that the empty posturings of a govt crony seemed to have fooled a lot of people.

Consumers like yours truly can buy meralco stocks – it is openly traded in the market. If that is not consumer ownership, I will never know what it is.

What some people dont realize is that the govt owns NPC, and NPC is in BILLIONS of dollars in debt. The 12% eVAT on power sales is whats keeping NPC in the black.

Heaven forbid should the same thing happen to Meralco. And to be led by a person whose penchant for buying paintings with pensioner’s money is a sure invitation to disaster

]]> By: Nick Nichols http://asianenergyadvisors.com/2008/05/31/consumer-advocacy/comment-page-1/#comment-35139 Nick Nichols Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:31:22 +0000 http://asianenergyadvisors.com/?p=926#comment-35139 hrt - I agree the GMC and DMC are designed to provide input from a consumer perspective. And I believe these Committees are sometimes active in PubCons and providing input on rule-makings. But consumer representatives are a minority on these committees, are they not? So the Committee itself, when it presents advisory input on policy issues, could squelch the consumer's perspective or at least mitigate that perspective in deference to other interests on those Committees. And I'm not aware they've ever participated in a rate proceeding (though I could be wrong on that). An entity that is entitled to be a full-blown intervenor in a rate case, focused solely on consumer issues, can be a powerful consumer lever before the ERC if adequately financed so that they can bring to the proceedings expertise equivalent to that of the utilities. Intervenors are always at an disadvantage in a rate proceeding - the utility holds many of the the cards (but not all). hrt – I agree the GMC and DMC are designed to provide input from a consumer perspective. And I believe these Committees are sometimes active in PubCons and providing input on rule-makings. But consumer representatives are a minority on these committees, are they not? So the Committee itself, when it presents advisory input on policy issues, could squelch the consumer’s perspective or at least mitigate that perspective in deference to other interests on those Committees. And I’m not aware they’ve ever participated in a rate proceeding (though I could be wrong on that).

An entity that is entitled to be a full-blown intervenor in a rate case, focused solely on consumer issues, can be a powerful consumer lever before the ERC if adequately financed so that they can bring to the proceedings expertise equivalent to that of the utilities. Intervenors are always at an disadvantage in a rate proceeding – the utility holds many of the the cards (but not all).

]]> By: hrt http://asianenergyadvisors.com/2008/05/31/consumer-advocacy/comment-page-1/#comment-35138 hrt Mon, 02 Jun 2008 06:12:22 +0000 http://asianenergyadvisors.com/?p=926#comment-35138 i think this is the purpose of Grid Management Committee (GMC)and Distribution Management Committee (DMC). As far as i know, Nasecore is represented in the DMC. So are other industry stakeholders such as meralco, transco, ec's and du's. i think this is the purpose of Grid Management Committee (GMC)and Distribution Management Committee (DMC). As far as i know, Nasecore is represented in the DMC. So are other industry stakeholders such as meralco, transco, ec’s and du’s.

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