Ceneco backs Benitez call for probe on high power cost
CENECO president Jojit Yap (center) flanked by lawyer Chuchie Destriza – Office of the General Manager OIC and Norman Pollentes - corporate planning manager at a press conference Monday.*Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez said on Monday, January 9, that he will seek a rebate on consumers’ electricity bills if it is discovered that a coal-fired power plant overcharged Central Negros Electric Cooperative (CENECO).Benitez has asked the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to investigate why two different contract prices were charged for the purchase of power by CENECO from Palm Concepcion Power Corp. (PCPC).Under a 35MW 10-year contract PCPC charged CENECO P14.6 per KWH and under a 20MW 1-year contract it charged P10. 27 per KWH.Benitez wants ERC to investigate where PCPC i...