Two major energy consumer groups staged a prayer vigil and candle-lighting here Wednesday night to protest proposals in Congress to expand the franchise of the Aboitiz-owned Davao Light and Power Company .
The three bills seek to expand the franchise of DLPC to the Cities of Tagum and Island Garden City of Samal, and the towns of Talaingod, Asuncion, Kapalong, San Isidro, and New Corella in Davao del Norte, and Maco town in Davao de Oro, according to CAPECs chair Angelo Cofreros. These areas are being serviced by Nordeco, which has an existing franchise for the mainland until 2028 and Samal until 2033.
“Over the years, Nordeco has suffered from losses and conflicting factions within the cooperative which have led to inadequate infrastructure, piling debts to service providers including power suppliers, cancelled power supply contracts, excessive systems losses, and failure to energize parts of its franchise area even up to this time,” Nograles said.
It also called on the National Electrification Administration to continue to adhere to its mandate of improving the socio–economic status of the people in the countryside through the total electrification program by providing technical, institutional, and financial assistance to the electric cooperatives nationwide and repeal the Electric Power Reform Act of 2001 and Republic Act 10531 or the National Electrification Administration Act of 2013 on converting the electric cooperatives into...
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