• GILBERT P. BAYORAN
Power Watch Negros on Tuesday (April 20) lauded Senator Grace Poe for her efforts in pushing the giving of franchise to Negros Electric and Power Corp. (NEPC).
On Monday, the Senate committee on public services chaired by Poe endorsed the granting of a 25-year franchise for NEPC to maintain an electric power distribution in key localities of Negros Occidental.
Power Watch Negros secretary general Wennie Sancho said that the endorsement of Poe is a big moral booster for the consumers in the franchise area of Ceneco, who are reeling from power outages and brownouts, giving them inconvenience and difficulties, especially when power interruption occurs in the middle of the night.
“We are confident that Senator Poe will continue to serve as a light in the midst of darkness, to pave the way for a new dawn of hope, with the signing of House Bill 9805 into a law to give a final relief to our power woes in the province of Negros Occidental,” he added. | GB
