Gatchalian wants to hold gencos accountable for power outages

Power-generating companies that are unable to provide a stable and steady supply of electricity should be held accountable for outages that result in economic losses, according to Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian.

Gatchalian has called on the Department of Energy and the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to audit generation companies that consistently breach the reliability index and, if warranted, impose sanctions against them.

“Any negligence that causes damage to the daily lives of our countrymen and the economy should be appropriately punished so that such incidents do not happen again,” he said in Filipino.

“Generation companies that consistently fail to provide their committed power supply should be held accountable. They should not be allowed to get off the hook easily,” he added.