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NASECORE vs. ERC [SEPARATE OPINION, CONCURRING, TINGA, J.]

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ELECTRICITY CONSUMERS FOR REFORMS (NASECORE), represented by PETRONILO ILAGAN, FEDERATION OF VILLAGE ASSOCIATIONS (FOVA), represented by SIEGFRIEDO VELOSO, and FEDERATION OF LAS PI?AS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS (FOLPHA), represented by BONIFACIO DAZO, Petitioners, versus ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION (ERC) and MANILA ELECTRIC COMPANY (MERALCO) Respondents.

G.R. No. 163935 | 2006-02-01

SEPARATE OPINION

Tinga, J.: 

I join the ponencia of our esteemed colleague, Mr. Justice Callejo, but should like to add a few thoughts on the main issue of publication especially as it relates significantly to my own ponencia in Freedom from Debt Coalition v. Energy Regulatory Commission.[1] 

Among the insidious flaws of the Philippine electric power industry are the enormous cost of power and inadequate consumer protection. To a large measure, especially in terms of the provisions concerning rate-fixing, these deficiencies are addressed by Republic Act No. 9136, otherwise known as the Electric Power Industry Reform Act...