The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) issued show-cause orders on 25 electric cooperatives (ECs) and three private distribution utilities (DUs), directing.
ILIGAN CITY – Lanao del Norte Rep. Khalid Dimaporo called on Congress Thursday, August 4, to remove four towns from the franchise of the debt-ridden Lanao del Sur Rural Electric Cooperative (Lasureco) and allow them to be served by another local power distributor.
DIMAPORO (FB)
The move, if ap
January 19, 2021 | 7:53 pm Font Size
AAA
THE power outage across northern and western Mindanao was due to the failure of a transmission line in Lanao del Norte, which the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) blamed Tuesday on thieves who targeted a section of a transmission line in the area, tripping the Agus 5-Aurora 138-kilovolt line.
In a statement, the NGCP said that the blackout affected customers of Zamboanga del Sur I Electric Cooperative; Zamboanga del Sur II Electric Cooperative; Misamis Occidental I Electric Cooperative; Misamis Occidental II Electric Cooperative; Zamboanga del Norte Electric Cooperative; Zamboanga City Electric Cooperative; and Lanao del Norte Electric Cooperative.