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Tiwi-Makban and Geothermal Asset Issues

Ah … just go read Dr. Ruaya. Nice observations, all the way down the line.

Piecing Together the NPC Puzzle

This is NOT rocket science, as they say. But let me try to link a number of disparate pieces together regarding the NPC/PSALM privatization process.
First, consider the following diagram that shows how NPC tariffs are linked to the privatized asset revenue stream. The numbers are illustrative only, in order to communicate a concept.

I won’t walk [...]

Electric Cooperatives and Equity

I find that most people in the Philippines have a fairly myopic view of the potential for ECs. A view that’s not totally unjustified.
But Glenn English, the CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) in the U.S., made some very interesting revelations about ECs there recently.
First, in a press release, he reminds us [...]