Palace to groups complaining of power rates: ‘Go tell ERC’
09/25/2011The Palace tossed comnplaints raised by varied groups last Friday against sky-high electricity rates in the country, which they said may reach P11 per kilowatthour soon, to regulator Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) as deputy presidential spokesman Abigail Valte said in retort that “the government is aware of complaints that power rates are too high.”
Since an average Filipino household consumes 200 kilowatthour of electricity a month, an P11 power rate, would mean a bill of P2,200 a month from the current P1,600 a month from a rate which is already among the highest in the world.
Several trade groups last Friday sent to the Palace a statement demanding a government plan to lower energy rates amid a feared reemergence of a global economic crisis that would hurt exports and local business activity.
The statement, signed by the PCCI, Philippine Exporters Confederation (Philexport), Philippine Steelmakers Association (Philsteel), Foundation for Economic Freedom (FEF), and the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) also raised the possibility of another power shortage due to the lack of a concrete program from President Aquino on power supply.... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20110925hed2.html
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kayong lahat na mga estups na nagpunta sa edsa 2, dapat managot kayo sa epira law na ito! nagtatanggal kayo ng binoto ng bayan subali't pahihirapan nyo lang ang taumbayan.
"The groups also asked the government to review the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (Epira) that deregulated the industry since it failed to achieve its target of lowering electricity rates."
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