Repeal of Epira Law pushed
By Gerry Baldo 06/15/2011Amid the unabated increase in electricity rates, a lawmaker yesterday pushed the repeal of the
Electricity Power Industry Reform Act (Epira).
According to Gabriela Rep. Luzviminda Ilagan, the consumers of the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) have been billed more than doubled during the 10 years that the law has taken effect. It took effect in 2000.
Ilagan, citing data from a consumer group People Opposed to Warrantless Electricity Rates (Power), said that Meralco customers were only billed at the average rate of P4.87 per kilowatt hour (kwh) in 2001 until it reached an average rate of P10.35 per kwh in 2010.
“The Epira is a failure. The Filipino families now contend with having to pay the highest electricity rates in Asia is enough proof that Congress has done a great disservice by enacting this law,” Ilagan said. She said that Epira had failed to protect consumers from alleged abuses and greediness by electric companies nationwide..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20110615nat3.html
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