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BY JONEL AMIO
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Sunday, July 2, 2017
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ILOILO City – Iloilo provincial board members sought from electric cooperative officials an explanation on the fees being charged to their member-consumers.
The Sangguniang Panlalawigan asked the Iloilo Electric Cooperatives (ILECO) I, II and III to provide documents laying down the charges stated in the electrical bill and their respective purpose.
Among such fees are transmission demand charge, transmission system charge, reinvestment fund for sustainable capital expenditure, lifeline rate subsidy, senior citizen subsidy, and interclass cross subsidy.
During an inquiry on Friday into the frequent brownouts in the province, Board member Domingo B. Oso Jr. specifically questioned the senior citizen subsidy paid for by member-consumers.
Non-senior citizen end users and nonqualified senior citizen end users shall shoulder the discount granted to senior citizen end users, ILECO officials explained, citing Resolution No. 23, series of 2010 of the Energy Regulatory Commission.
The resolution “[adopts] the rules and implementing the discounts to qualified senior citizen end users and subsidy from the subsidizing end users on electricity consumption under sections 4 and 5 of Republic Act 9994,” or the Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010.
Board member Liecel Mondejar-Seville told Panay News they will follow up on the documents they requested next week.
Meanwhile Oso suggested that an ordinance prohibiting the planting of trees along electric transmission lines be filed.
ILECO plans to trim trees along power lines as part of the effort to prevent unscheduled power interruptions.
The power distribution utility blamed 80 percent of unannounced brownouts in June to pesky trees, vines and animals.
Aside from the Board members and the ILECO officials, representatives from the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines and the Global Business Power Corp. attended the inquiry./PN
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