(There is no age, no social standing exempted. Ito po ang hindi magandang kahahantungan pero maaaring mangyari,” he added. “Sa sama ng loob nila, sa hindi nila maunawaan, ay maaaring magkaroon ng civil disobedience. ‘Yung matatanda nagsa-suffer sa init, nagkakasakit, gayundin ang mga bata,” he said in the same report. “Walang edad, walang antas ng buhay na exempted. Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) chief Geoffrey Panganiban also warned of possible unrest due to the power issues plaguing the area. GMA News is still trying to reach Napocor for comment on the matter. “It’s better to have a rotational brownout for 30 days than running the 12 megawatts capacity for 15 days,” he said in a report by Ian Veneracion on GMA’s “24 Oras Weekend” on Sunday. “Short lang talaga din ng funds ang NPC for all SPUG + privatized off grid areas, like Mindoro,” she said.įor his part, OCMPC chief operating officer Calvin Luther Genotiva also pointed to the non-payment of Napocor of fuel subsidies for the past six months as the reason for the firm to impose rotational brownouts. “It is OMCPC - the private power supplier in Mindoro - that filed motions to increase its share of the rates that the Commission already acted on many times, but it seems not to the satisfaction of OMCPC,” she added.ĭimalanta said the Department of Energy had instructed Napocor “to pay what is based on approved rates,” but it lacked the funds. ![]() “NPC has no pending request to adjust power rates in Occidental Mindoro,” she said. ![]() In a message to GMA News Online, ERC Chairperson Monalisa Dimalanta denied the claim that Napocor had requested the ERC to adjust the power rates in the province. “This man-made disaster is not only a source of inconvenience and irritation but will also adversely affect businesses especially tourism which is one of the main sources of livelihood in these island-provinces,” the lawmaker added. He said that ERC's failure to address issues that led to daily brownouts may spill over to other small islands being serviced by Small Island Power Utilities Group like Palawan, Mindoro, Masbate, Romblon, and Catanduanes. Madrona pointed out that power costs have been rising since last year due to increased fuel costs - from P30 to P60 per liter. The governor said the problem stems from Omeco’s lack of budget to buy fuel as it is yet to receive its subsidy from the government through Napocor. The province has been placed under a state of calamity due to the power outages for the last month and a half, according to Occidental Mindoro Governor Eduardo Gadiano on Friday. “To date, ERC has not approved Napocor's request, so that the national government could stop coughing up money,” he said. ![]() (Omeco) has been unable to supply enough power due to Napocor's unpaid subsidies. In a statement, Madrona said the Occidental Mindoro Consolidated Power Corp. Romblon lone district Representative Eleandro Jesus Madrona flagged the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) for its supposed failure to act on the National Power Corporation's (Napocor) request to adjust power rates, resulting in the 20-hour daily power outage in Occidental Mindoro.
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