Catanduanes Economic Forum

Mr. Nick Nichols of Navigant Consulting, Inc at this link has some interesting pieces on ERC, Transco etc. Check out his weblog and professional resume to find out more on what he does. We have been getting bits and pieces of 'free' valuable advice from this gentleman on power energy issues in Catanduanes. We need to tap expertise such as his and others, that way we don't have to re-invent the wheel and waste time and money. The Philippines is new in the field of privatization of the power industry. A lot of the local players are either inexperienced and some might even be motivated to commit corruption in the privatization process. I see early signs that indicate that the true reason behind this privatization which is to improve the economy is going to get derailed because once again corruption is becoming part of the process. So the more outside help we can get the better. I have seen papers showing that Japan is also helping Transco and ERC with its early efforts at privatization.