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This, as APEC has threatened to cut off the town’s power supply if it fails to settle its power bills that have piled up after some seven years, Pat Gutierrez, APEC spokesperson said.
In a phone interview on Monday, Gutierrez said the island town has a cumulative P32 million of unpaid bills since 2014, when APEC took over the management of the debt-ridden Albay Electric Cooperative (ALECO).
Dennis Ilan, APEC deputy general manager, on May 4 requested the National Power Corporation (NPC) Bicol Operation Division to cut off power services in the island town for its failure to pay its outstanding bill despite the repeated call to thousands of consumers to settle their account.