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cjal-13695	Meja, Van	The Philippines Re-energizes: Privatization of the National Power Corporation and the Red Flag of Political Risk	2025	30	.pdf	application/pdf	10663	516	51	The PPCA is an automatic cost-recovery mechanism approved by the now-abolished Energy Regulatory Board (ERB), and designed to recover stranded contract costs paid by the NPC 160 and Meralco pursuant to take-or-pay provisions in power supply contracts. Private power producers had effectively rescued the Philippines from a major crisis that could have economically crippled the country indefinitely had new private power plants not been constructed or rehabilitated in very little time.	cache/cjal-13695.pdf	txt/cjal-13695.txt