MANILA, Philippines — Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi called on the Senate to revisit the franchise granted to the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) as he flagged “compliance issues”—not a power crisis—in the recent Luzon brownouts.
“Even sa audit…ang DOE po is helpless so kailangan nga po bisitahin natin ang prangkisa na ibinigay ng Congress sa NGCP,” Cusi told the Senate energy committee during Thursday’s hearing on power supply shortages.
Cusi had repeatedly criticized NGCP for being “consistently non-compliant” with the requirement to secure “firm” contracts for ancillary services that would provide on-call, backup energy supply whenever ne…
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