Insights into the Power/Energy Outlook in the Philippines - from the Energy Forum by Opeman

These are some of the insights I gathered from the "Empowering Juan" Forum last Monday March 24, 2014 courtesy of MM Opeman group under Prof Arguelles and from the resource persons of ERC, DOE and PCCI (who formerly ran a 400 mW) power barge:

1.  The EPIRA unbundled the power into:   Gencos, Transmission and Grid, DU (Distribution Units - Retailers like Meralco and cooperative and customers.  In other words, Napocor was  privatized. The NG is still paying the subsidized power under Napocor (when they were said to be losing at the rate of P1m/minute)  So when John Galicia asked question on govt buying into Meralco....