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SENATE PANEL BEGINS PROBE INTO LUZON POWER OUTAGE – GATCHALIAN

The Senate committee on energy has started the conduct of a congressional inquiry into the recent spate of power outages in Luzon. Senator Win Gatchalian, committee chair, called for the hearing in view of the series of yellow and red alert warnings issued by the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) for the Luzon […]

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ELECTRIC COOPS URGE CONGRESSIONAL PROBE ON POWER DEBTS, FUND MANAGEMENT

Two of the largest electric cooperative (EC) groups in the country said on Wednesday that the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp or PSALM “must be made to explain its ballooning debts” that have a direct bearing on renewed proposals to hike electricity prices. In a hearing before the Senate Energy Committee last Tuesday, […]