ERC Hears Akelco
Application In Pasig City
On Thursday, November 6, 2008 at the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) Hearing Room, 15th Floor, Pacific Center Building, San Miguel Avenue, Pasig City, an initial hearing and preliminary conference will be held. This is scheduled at 2:00 o’clock in the afternoon.
The subject of the hearing is the application for the approval of Aklan Electric Cooperative (AKELCO) emergency capital projects known as "rehabilitation and repair of damaged distribution lines, and repair of damaged Andagao office building and replacement of damaged computer equipment due to typhoon "Frank", with prayer for provisional authority".
ERC docketed the said Akelco application as ERC Case No. 2008–082 MC.
The said application was filed on Sept. 3, 2008 and was docketed on Sept. 22, 2008. The order of hearing was signed y ERC chairperson Zenaida G. Cruz-Ducut on Sept. 15, 2008. All the mayors of the 17 towns of Aklan was furnished copies of the Order of Hearing, the law office of Dechavez, Bugayong, Concepcion & Sagayo, Office of the Solicitor General, COA, Committees on Energy in the Senate and House of Representatives.
The "Notice of Public Hearing" to all interested parties about the said application was issued and signed on Sept. 15, 2008 by Atty. Noel J. Salvanera, Director III, Legal Services, ERC.
ERC Chairperson Zenaida G. Cruz-Ducut in her Order directed Akelco "to furnish all those making requests for copies of the application and its attachments, subject to reimbursement of reasonable photocopying costs". However, when Madyaas Pen requested for a copy of its application with attachments, only the application was furnished and no attachments. Repeat requests were made, but until this writing, attachments are still to be received. That attachments will reveal what are hidden.
If Akelco management furnished the municipal mayors of Aklan and other offices mentioned in the order with its application, are the annexes provided them? If not, then there must be something rotten in those annexes.
While the ERC Order on public hearing is in big letters, the Akelco application was typewritten (in computer) in very small font.
However, by patiently reading the Akelco application, one can easily notice the generalization in its 10 allegations. The application is so general that the application does not specifically state what to rehabilitate and repair. There is no specific amount stated either. It stated however, what were damaged such as the Andagao substation office, transformers, electric poles and KWH meters.
But are these power lines not repaired? What did those volunteer electric cooperatives do while they were in Aklan immediately after "Frank"? It is known to everybody that those volunteer workers with their equipments replaced broken poles, replaced and installed electric wires. They replaced damaged transformers.
Akelco however, submitted to ERC Annex A consisting of 14 matrixes and Annex B consisting of 18 matrixes. Why did Akelco management failed to mention those what to repair at how much? Or its corresponding cost?
Why did ERC chose to hold public hearing in Pasig City whose people may not have interest at all on the matter? Why not hold in Aklan where the people are directly affected by Akelco?
Who will pay the cost of the alleged rehabilitation and repair of Akelco? Akelco Board of Directors and management must inform the consumer-members specific projects to do and how much will it cost. The consumer-members must also be informed how the projects are financed for they have the right to be informed. /MP
The subject of the hearing is the application for the approval of Aklan Electric Cooperative (AKELCO) emergency capital projects known as "rehabilitation and repair of damaged distribution lines, and repair of damaged Andagao office building and replacement of damaged computer equipment due to typhoon "Frank", with prayer for provisional authority".
ERC docketed the said Akelco application as ERC Case No. 2008–082 MC.
The said application was filed on Sept. 3, 2008 and was docketed on Sept. 22, 2008. The order of hearing was signed y ERC chairperson Zenaida G. Cruz-Ducut on Sept. 15, 2008. All the mayors of the 17 towns of Aklan was furnished copies of the Order of Hearing, the law office of Dechavez, Bugayong, Concepcion & Sagayo, Office of the Solicitor General, COA, Committees on Energy in the Senate and House of Representatives.
The "Notice of Public Hearing" to all interested parties about the said application was issued and signed on Sept. 15, 2008 by Atty. Noel J. Salvanera, Director III, Legal Services, ERC.
ERC Chairperson Zenaida G. Cruz-Ducut in her Order directed Akelco "to furnish all those making requests for copies of the application and its attachments, subject to reimbursement of reasonable photocopying costs". However, when Madyaas Pen requested for a copy of its application with attachments, only the application was furnished and no attachments. Repeat requests were made, but until this writing, attachments are still to be received. That attachments will reveal what are hidden.
If Akelco management furnished the municipal mayors of Aklan and other offices mentioned in the order with its application, are the annexes provided them? If not, then there must be something rotten in those annexes.
While the ERC Order on public hearing is in big letters, the Akelco application was typewritten (in computer) in very small font.
However, by patiently reading the Akelco application, one can easily notice the generalization in its 10 allegations. The application is so general that the application does not specifically state what to rehabilitate and repair. There is no specific amount stated either. It stated however, what were damaged such as the Andagao substation office, transformers, electric poles and KWH meters.
But are these power lines not repaired? What did those volunteer electric cooperatives do while they were in Aklan immediately after "Frank"? It is known to everybody that those volunteer workers with their equipments replaced broken poles, replaced and installed electric wires. They replaced damaged transformers.
Akelco however, submitted to ERC Annex A consisting of 14 matrixes and Annex B consisting of 18 matrixes. Why did Akelco management failed to mention those what to repair at how much? Or its corresponding cost?
Why did ERC chose to hold public hearing in Pasig City whose people may not have interest at all on the matter? Why not hold in Aklan where the people are directly affected by Akelco?
Who will pay the cost of the alleged rehabilitation and repair of Akelco? Akelco Board of Directors and management must inform the consumer-members specific projects to do and how much will it cost. The consumer-members must also be informed how the projects are financed for they have the right to be informed. /MP
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