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(Photo courtesy of NGCP Facebook) MANILA - A consumer watchdog group is asking the Senate to probe the alleged "gross failure" of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines' (NGCP) to ensure quality, stable, secured, and affordable supply of electricity, which has adverse effects on the economy. National Association of Electricity Consumers for Reforms, Inc. (NASECORE) said that in contrast to the Senate's focus on the Malampaya supply contract, it has seemingly turned a blind eye on NGCP's shortcomings which were magnified anew after Typhoon Odette in December. "We are the aggrieved witnesses to the negligence of the NGCP, whose transmission assets easily gave way to its fury, causing widespread blackouts that last for weeks if not months," read the letter addressed to Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, chair of the Committee on Energy, dated February 10 and signed by Nasecore president Pete Ilagan. Ilagan said the Senate must "conduct legal action ....
A group of electric cooperatives and member-consumer-owners have thrown their support to Senator Sherwin Gatchalian who is seeking a fresh term in the Senate in the upcoming May 2022 national elections.
The 13.5 million-strong National Center of Electric Cooperatives Consumers Inc. (NCECCO) said ....