Panay outages can happen again, DOE tells lawmakers | Butch Fernandez, Jovee Marie N. de la Cruz and Lenie Lectura

LAWMAKERS in both chambers on Wednesday grilled energy sector officials on the January 2 power outages that crippled Western Visayas, with wide-ranging options considered such as reviewing the franchise of the transmission network system operator, hiking penalties in case of negligence and damage to power users, and ensuring that vital…

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