Senate committee tasks DOE, ERC to investigate power firms for collusion 0 SHARES Share it! “I just want to urge the department and the regulator to look at this concept of dis-incentivizing delays, forced and unplanned outages,” he further said. The senator said it doesn’t make sense for consumers to suffer the consequences when power generation companies fail to meet the demands. “Because of these unplanned and forced power outages consumers are forced to pay higher rates but it’s not even their fault,” he pointed out. “So why should consumers be penalized when there are forced and unplanned outages?” he said.

Source: Manila Bulletin April 25, 2019 13:07 UTC