People's Forum for Power and Electricity Rates
Mike Banos
June 25, 2010
Consumers of electricity and stakeholders in the electric power industry are invited to join a "Peopleīs Forum on Power and Electricity Rates" scheduled to start at 2:00PM today at the Our Lady of Fatima Parish in Camaman-an, Cagayan de Oro City.
Fr. Nathan Lerio, head of the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oroīs Ad-Extra Commission said the Archdiocesan Good Governance Apostolate (AGGAp) and the CDO Good Governance Inc. (CDO-GGI) have tied up with Konsumanteng Kagay-anon, Inc. to look into the sudden surge in electricity rates in Mindanao to see what citizenīs groups can do about it.
"We have decided to undertake this forum with citizenīs groups following the unprecedented rise of electricity rates across Mindanao last month," Lerio said. "This forum aims to get the facts straight from objective third parties who can tell us the truth about what is
going on in the power industry in Mindanao and what we can do about it."
The forum aims to provide legislators from Congress and local legislative bodies with the correct information regarding the prevailing situation which led to the Mindanao power crisis which many industry sources allege is man-made and how it led to the surge in power rates despite long hours of blackouts all over the island.
Among the national legislators who have confirmed their attendance for the forum are Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, 2nd District, Cagayan de Oro and party list organizations ABAMIN, COOP-NATCCO, TUCP and ATING-KOOP.
"Should our legislators find sufficient cause to do so, we will ask them to conduct an investigation in aid of legislation on how the Mindanao crisis came to be and how electricity rates in Mindanao has shot up despite the long hours of blackouts.
Forum organizers have invited Engr. Cerael Donggay, a former vice president of the
National Power Corporation (Napocor) for Mindanao, to share with participants his insights on how the present situation has come to be.
CDO-GGI is accredited by the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) as the official graftwatch unit for the entire Cagayan de Oro. Among the initiatives CDO-GGI has been accredited to undertake are lifestyle checks on government personnel; ensuring the procurement of goods by government offices and personnel is efficient, transparent and lawful; ensuring that disbursements by the barangay and the LGUs of their internal revenue allotment (IRA) are waste-free, lawful and ones that achieve their objective; and ensuring the collection of government revenues is transparent and proper.
Konsumanteng Kagay-anon, Inc. (KKI) is a non-stock, non-government corporation registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and accredited by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) as a consumer protection and advocacy group in Cagayan de Oro.
Fr. Nathan Lerio, head of the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oroīs Ad-Extra Commission said the Archdiocesan Good Governance Apostolate (AGGAp) and the CDO Good Governance Inc. (CDO-GGI) have tied up with Konsumanteng Kagay-anon, Inc. to look into the sudden surge in electricity rates in Mindanao to see what citizenīs groups can do about it.
"We have decided to undertake this forum with citizenīs groups following the unprecedented rise of electricity rates across Mindanao last month," Lerio said. "This forum aims to get the facts straight from objective third parties who can tell us the truth about what is
going on in the power industry in Mindanao and what we can do about it."
The forum aims to provide legislators from Congress and local legislative bodies with the correct information regarding the prevailing situation which led to the Mindanao power crisis which many industry sources allege is man-made and how it led to the surge in power rates despite long hours of blackouts all over the island.
Among the national legislators who have confirmed their attendance for the forum are Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, 2nd District, Cagayan de Oro and party list organizations ABAMIN, COOP-NATCCO, TUCP and ATING-KOOP.
"Should our legislators find sufficient cause to do so, we will ask them to conduct an investigation in aid of legislation on how the Mindanao crisis came to be and how electricity rates in Mindanao has shot up despite the long hours of blackouts.
Forum organizers have invited Engr. Cerael Donggay, a former vice president of the
National Power Corporation (Napocor) for Mindanao, to share with participants his insights on how the present situation has come to be.
CDO-GGI is accredited by the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) as the official graftwatch unit for the entire Cagayan de Oro. Among the initiatives CDO-GGI has been accredited to undertake are lifestyle checks on government personnel; ensuring the procurement of goods by government offices and personnel is efficient, transparent and lawful; ensuring that disbursements by the barangay and the LGUs of their internal revenue allotment (IRA) are waste-free, lawful and ones that achieve their objective; and ensuring the collection of government revenues is transparent and proper.
Konsumanteng Kagay-anon, Inc. (KKI) is a non-stock, non-government corporation registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and accredited by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) as a consumer protection and advocacy group in Cagayan de Oro.
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