Mindanao power firms suspect crisis artificial By Aytch S. de la Cruz 03/07/2010

Mindanao power firms suspect crisis artificial By Aytch S. de la Cruz 03/07/2010 The basis for the granting of special powers to President Arroyo to address a supposed power crisis in Mindanao may not exist at all as electric cooperatives on the island said the shortage may be aritificial. The Association of Mindanao Rural Electric Power Cooperative (AMRECO) had called on the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Joint Congressional Power Commission to conduct separate investigations into the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) on suspicion that the power crisis in Mindanao is being induced to justify a move to increase power rates.  AMRECO also questioned the state firm National Power Corp. (Napocor)’s plan to further reduce its power allocation to only about 50 percent or less..... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.tribune.net.ph/commentary/20100307hed4.html

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