Tower Parts Theft
Suspects
Arrested In Leyte
Power grid operator and transmission service provider NGCP reissues its
appeal to the public to immediately report theft or pilferage of transmission
line materials and tower parts in their own communities.
R.A. 7832 or the “Anti-Electricity and Electric Transmission Lines
Materials Pilferage Act of 1994” prohibits the possession, control, or custody
of electric power transmission lines materials by any person not engaged in the
transmission or distribution of electric power, or in the manufacture of such
materials. Violators will face 12 to 20 years of imprisonment and a fine
ranging from P50,000 to P100,000.
A few months ago, four suspected thieves of transmission line tower
parts were apprehended in Sitio Palanas, Barangay Damula-an, Albuera, Leyte
after a security officer of NGCP caught them in the act of carting away
conductor wires from a tower in the area and loading these materials into a
multicab. The conductor wires weighed 500 kilos and were estimated to be worth
PhP15,000.
The suspects, all residents of Sitio Palanas, were promptly turned over
to the custody of the Albuera Police Station. They are now facing charges under
R.A. 7832.
NGCP is calling for the vigilance and cooperation of the public in reporting
illegal incidents to help capture the pilferers.
“It is the ordinary power consumers who suffer from these illegal
activities that do nothing but put the grid at risk. With proper information
and the cooperation of residents, barangay officials, and the local police, we
can reduce pilferage and improve the reliability of the electricity,” NGCP
said.
NGCP is a privately owned corporation in charge of operating,
maintaining, and developing the country’s power grid. It transmits high-voltage
electricity through “power superhighways” that include the interconnected system of transmission lines, towers,
substations, and related assets. The consortium, which holds the 25-year
concession contract to operate the country’s power transmission network, is comprised
of Monte Oro Grid Resources Corp. led by Henry Sy, Jr., Calaca High Power
Corporation led by Robert Coyiuto, Jr., and the State Grid Corporation of China
(SGCC) as technical partner. /MP
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