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High power rates and brownouts
For many weeks now, Puerto Galera residents have been suffering from high power rates and frequent brownouts. What is most depressing is that no one seems to be doing anything to address the problem. The people have not seen leadership from any government official to get answers from the power supplier of Mindoro, ORMECO. Mr. Roman Araño of ORMECO said that the rate since September is 10.6638 per kwh. The reason for the increase is because of ORMECO’s contract with MIRANT, a power producer that sells electricity to ORMECO at approximately 12 pesos per kwh. Even if NAPOCOR and the other power producers sell electricity at half the price of…


