By House Minority Leader Marcelino “Nonoy” Libanan has filed House Resolution (HR) No. 846 enabling the congressional inquiry, in aid of legislation, into Eastern Samar’s power crisis and Esamelco’s services.
Esamelco is the lone electricity distributor in Eastern Samar’s 22 municipalities and the provincial capital of Borongan City – a service area with a population of almost 500,000.
“We must stress that all electric cooperatives are duty-bound to provide a dependable and adequate supply of electricity in their service areas,” Libanan said.
Esamelco currently charges residential customers P15.62 per kilowatt hour (kwh), which is allegedly 30 percent higher than the Manila Electric Co.’s (Meralco’s) P12.04 per kwh rate.
“The extremely high rate is unacceptable, considering that Esamelco cannot even provide reliable power supply on a constant and continuous basis,” Libanan alleged.
Libanan previously served as a representative of Eastern Samar’s lone congressional district. He is now 4Ps party-list representative.
Source: https://journalnews.com.ph/house-energy-body-to-probe-power-crisis-in-e-samar/