Senate urged to review PECO franchise

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Senate urged to review PECO franchise

Thursday, 10 May 2012 03:15 ■ By Montesa Grino-Caoyonan

The Iloilo City Government has requested the Senate to review the franchise granted to Panay Electric Company (PECO). It is also considering opening a franchise to other players in the power distribution industry in order to ensure a reliable and continued power supply in Iloilo City.

Iloilo City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog said they already sent communication to the Senate yesterday addressed to Ilonggo Senator Franklin Drilon.

Mabilog said the frequent power interruptions in the city pushed him to make the request for the sake of the city's developments through business and investment.

"The city badly needs a sufficient and reliable supply of power to give impetus to development and progress of the city," he said.

Mabilog said the blackout that lasted for almost nine hours last week resulted to business loss, cessation of office operations, meat products and other processed food gone stale and cancelation of gatherings.

"All these unexpected power failures have caused millions of pesos in losses with no valid explanation from PECO, the sole power distributor of Iloilo City," he said.

Mabilog said PECO lacks the proper system to address this kind of problem.

"They should look for a system or alternative solution that when one district has a blockout, other districts will not suffer the same fate we are experiencing right now," he said.*

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0 #1 R. Solatorio 2012-05-11 00:06

Ang PECO nakaboundary sa banwa sang Oton, Leganes kag Pavia. Ini nga mga banwa under sa ILECO-1. May open access naman nGA law indi naman kinanglan nga repasohon and franchise sang PECO KON ang service nila indi maayo ang tawo makapili.

0 #2 Fergus JM Ducharme 2012-05-12 04:36

It's all well and good to look into the City Proper's Electricity supply problems. but what about those of us who have to exist with the complete incompetence of MIWD and Ileco 1 both of whom provide an irregular and totally unacceptable level of service to those of us living in the outlying areas of the city? Are we not as important as the city dwellers? We also need substantial relief from the usurious rates and grossly inferior service provided by these two extremely incompetent organizations. Can someone in the senior levels of Government please do something for us too? Or are we just doormats, only to be entertained at voting time? Where is our Oton Mayor, the Honourable Mr. Flores in all of this? Mr. Mayor, you should do something meaningful and soon for us or you may be in for a very rude awakening in 2013.

0 #3 R. Solatorio 2012-05-14 03:10

All of the life in the Philippines depend of politics. No one could be blame but ourselves because of patronage politics. Even all the politicians denies this it can be seen clearly in all aspect of Filipino life.

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