ERC chief exploring legal options amid 6-month suspension
The Philippine Star|September 10, 2024
Suspended Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) chief Monalisa Dimalanta is studying all legal remedies to overturn the Office of the Ombudsman’s decision to put her under preventive suspension for six months.
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But Dimalanta said she would comply with the order and would “immediately cease to perform (my) functions” in the agency. She gave assurance that all operations of the ERC “shall continue to function.”

She also confirmed in a statement yesterday that her office received the suspension order, which stemmed from an administrative complaint the National Association of Electricity Consumers for Reforms filed in November 2023.

The group complained that Dimalanta allowed Manila Electric Co. to regularly purchase electricity from the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market at higher prices, while Meralco passed on the charges to consumers without the required prior approval of the ERC, in violation of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act or EPIRA.

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