Power Privatization
Stop power privatization, democratize the power sector—IBON
October 17, 2026
An integrated national power development plan should link the power sector to national industrialization.
IBON Statement on the ASEAN Energy Business Forum
October 6, 2026
The most basic issue is who controls energy development, who benefits from it, and who pays the costs. This is why the energy question is not simply about the ASEAN Energy Business Forum’s narrow-minded fixation on making energy projects more profitable.
Energy advocates press for nationalized power system as ASEAN energy investors gather
October 6, 2026
Despite decades of privatization, Filipinos continue to face high electricity rates and energy insecurity, while private energy corporations expand their control over the sector.
EPIRA@25: Power reform failure
July 29, 2026
Twenty-five years after EPIRA’s enactment, the country’s experience points to the need for a fundamentally different approach to the power sector.
High time to end privatization behind high fees – SUKI
July 3, 2025
For years, privatization through government’s profit-driven PPPs have burdened the public with high user fees.
A history of power rate hikes and price rigging
February 12, 2019
Deregulating rates and privatizing power through EPIRA
February 12, 2019
A challenge to reverse power privatization
June 16, 2017
In 2001, the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) was enacted with the promise of delivering affordable and reliable electricity to the country. Sixteen years later, electricity remains expensive and unreliable, and electric power industry monopoly has intensified, further enriching big firms. The following points elaborate on why the Duterte administration should all the more […]
