Monthly Archives: August 2008

Placing Faith in Consultants

I’m in the midst of a consulting engagement advising the seven ECs on Panay and Guimaras regarding the evaluation of bids they received ten days ago to supply base and intermediate load power supply to the cooperatives on a long-term basis beginning in 2011.
Now I am not at all wanting to pass the buck [...]

Procurement: Power Markets Jujutsu

Exactly one year ago today I was talking about sex. Well, actually I was talking about the tango, which IS sex. Well, truth be told, I was really talking about the key to lowering power costs under EPIRA (but there is a nice pic of sex the tango). And lo and behold the ECs, today, [...]

Systems Loss – My View

Erramon Aboitiz, CEO of Aboitiz Power, recently said:
“One way of reducing system loss is through investment and if you invest, you have to make a return as a business. Investments to reduce system losses may be higher than what you can save just to meet the cap. If that’s the case, I think it’s better [...]