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43Rd Issue Jul. 13 “Radiating positivity, creating connectivity” CEBU July 13 - 19, 2020 P15.00 BUSINESSVolume 2 Series 43 12 PAGES Room 310-A, 3rd floor WDC Bldg. Osmeña Blvd., Cebu City WEEK You may visit Cebu Business Week Facebook page. PLAINTS RISING V. POWER BILLS “Estimate billings” by electric companies during quarantine ‘excessive’ By: ELIAS O. BAQUERO THE Energy Regulatory Meralco but also other ing those in the Visayas were not reflected in the- suc Commission (ERC) has urged distribution utilities. In and Mindanao as it was ceeding electric bills. power consumers to file com- Cebu, we also received overwhelmed with com- Meralco has 6.5 million plaints against distribution complaints against plaints from the power power consumers and the DU utilities (DUs) amid increas- VECO, MECO and CEBE- consumers against DUs. failed to communicate with ing complaints against exces- CO but are few compared Bontuyan said that 99 the power consumers on how sive electric bills. to complaints against percent of these com- they came up with the esti- This developed as the ERC Meralco,” Bontuyan said. plaints were received mated bills. noted the increased number Bontuyan said that by the ERC but some of “Dunay estimation nga na- of complaints against billings during GCQ and ECQ, them bounced. The ERC nubra gyud,” Bontuyan said. from power distribution com- DUs in Manila and Cebu server can only accept Maybe power consum- panies even if they have been did not conduct meter 50,000 emailed com- ers under VECO, MECO) and using less electricity during reading but just esti- plaints. CEBECO are less vocal than the quarantine. mated power bills owing “We know that some those under Meralco. ERC Visayas Director to the lockdown due to emailed complaints Bontuyan said that he had Joel Bontuyan said it is bet- Corona Virus Disease bounced while some are talked with the president of ter for the complaining pow- (Covid-19) pandemic. waiting for acceptance. VECO DIRECTOR JOEL BONTUYAN er consumers to direct their Bontuyan said that We deleted some files In the VECO power bill, complaints to Visayas Electric this is allowed in the rule sued a directive last week but in the server to accommodate there is a note that in case of Company (VECO), Mactan which states that in case of termed it as an advisory, di- the other complaints. Most of complaint, a consumer may Electric Company (MECO) force majeure, the DUs can recting all DUs that have col- these complaints are against call them directly. So, there or Cebu Electric Cooperative make estimates without actual lected excess payments from Meralco,” Bontuyan said. is a possibility that VECO. (CEBECO) because they can reading of the meter. power consumers to refund The ERC Visayas direc- MECO and CEBECO received go over their records directly. Relative to this, the DUS the same. tor said that during the Senate complaints from power con- Bontuyan said that if the did not conduct meter reading Meralco, VECO, MECO, hearing they cannot under- sumers that were not coursed electric consumers are not sat- because their meter readers CEBECO and other DUS may stand their explanation on some through ERC. isfied with the DUs, this is now were under quarantine. have an option to apply the ex- proofs of payment through “Any power consumer the time to elevate their com- As a result, there were cess amount to the future elec- credit card and acknowledg- may ask the help of the ERC plaints to ERC. electric bills for the months tric bills of the consumers. ment by the Meralco system. if they are not satisfied with In Manila, he admitted, of April, May, and June; the “If the power consumers In the succeeding month, the the action given by the DU in the ERC was overwhelmed by power consumers were sur- really need a refund because paid electric bill for the previous connection with their com- the thousands of complaints prised that the electric bills of the economic crunch, the months were carried over in the plaint. Look at the email add against the excessive elec- skyrocketed unbelievably. consumers have the right to succeeding months. of VECO, MECO or CEBECO tric bills from Manila Electric “The electric bills tripled ask for cash refund of the ex- The leading problem is and send your complaint. If Company (Meralco) resulting or even more than triple of the cess payments from DUS,” the estimate billing that they you are satisfied with their to a Senate investigation. people’s normal power con- Bontuyan said. failed to explain. The other explanation, well and good. “I am not saying that the sumption,” Bontuyan said. The ERC used all its offic- electric bills carried excess If not, elevate it to the ERC,” complaints are only against As a result, the ERC is- es in the entire country includ- estimate, and the payments Bontuyan said. 2 July 13 - 19, 2020 Cebu Business Week LOCAL Container port, 4th bridge to hire hundreds: Alegado CONSOLACION, Cebu the Department of Transpor- ect alone, hundreds of con- cion have the most oppor- Vice Mayor Teresa “Nene” tation (DOTr) assured her struction workers will be tunities to work with these Pepito Alegado said the hun- that the processing of the hired to different programs of big projects including the dreds of construction workers project is already final. works.” Alegado said. Fourth Bridge and connect- who lost their jobs because of “The only thing left is She said that these em- ing big roads to be imple- the Covid-19 pandemic can be when we could proceed to ployment opportunities have mented by the Department of hired with the construction of new normal after the Gen- domino effect because after Public Works and Highways the Cebu International Con- eral Community Quarantine the construction workers will (DPWH). tainer Port and the Fourth (GCQ).” Alegado said. receive their salaries, it will In the Fourth Bridge Proj- Mactan-Mandaue Bridge. She added that Duterte immediately circulate to the ect, Alegado said she was called Alegado said the reason already signed the approv- community for the reason by experts from Japan Inter- why she hangs on to public al of the port project but he that they will buy daily needs national Cooperation Agency service is because of the im- doesn’t want any ground- for their families. Of course, (JICA) that they are now -final plementation of big ticket breaking ceremony because she said, sari-sari stores and izing all the documents to -com projects of the administration of Covid-19. other small and medium in- plete the processing. of President Rodrigo Duterte. “DOTr officials told me dustries can have sales and “This Covid-19 pandemic The container port proj- that we will implement the may hire additional workers. is the only hindrance to this ect will surely be implement- VICE MAYOR TERESA “NENE” project directly without any The Vice Mayor added bridge project.” Alegado said. ed soon because officials of PEPITO ALEGADO ceremony. For the port proj- that the people of Consola- ELIAS O. BAQUERO PB oks P1.7B against Covid-19 THE Cebu provincial ard pay to health workers and opment projects. board has approved P1.7 front liners including provin- The support for Local Gov- Billion for the supplemen- cial health employees. ernment Units (LGUs, Soco tal budget in response to the Also part of this amount said the governor emphasized COVID-19 pandemic. is the support downloaded by during their meeting with City Cebu board member Glen the national government as and Municipal Mayors that Soco said part of the amount is part of the Bayanihan to Heal LGUs who can submit pro- also to restore Cebu’s economy as One Act in the amount of grams and anything that relat- which was affected by lock- P159 million. ed to pump priming the econ- downs in the past months. As discussed with Gover- omy will be supported by the Soco said he sponsored nor Gwendolyn Garcia, Soco provincial government. the ordinance because of his said there was no indication Soco said the governor also belief that it is a big help for to stop the implementation of told them that she will stop economic recovery in their re- infrastructure program includ- providing dole outs but more sponse effort. ing the annual investment pro- on economic development. PB MEMBER GLEN SOCO A big part is for the assis- gram for 2020. They may submit a program to tance to the local government Soco recalled that the allocated for projects and pro- rest of 2020. boost tourism, infrastructure units and aid to barangays Cebu provincial government grams including infrastruc- Most likely in the annual then it will be supported by the which is allocated under the has approved a P12 billion ture developments of which budget of 2021 they will also Cebu provincial government. Office of the Governor; -haz budget for 2020. P6 billion is we intend to continue ‘til the include infrastructure devel- ELIAS O. BAQUERO Police nab 2 in buy-bust of LPG station Cebu City Police Office Marketing and a resident of Si- appeared on business permit keting illegally sold petroleum Gas Town is owned and (CCPO) Station 8 arrested 2 tio Capasanan, Barangay Casili, issued by the Office of Cebu productsCity to Narisma. He was operated by Joel Cañete while suspects in a buy bust opera- Mandaue City. Mayor, without SCC and au- able to buy one filled 11.0- ki EP OH MAY GAS Marketing is tion for illegal selling of liquified Cellona and Magale were thority issued by DOE. logram cylinder from Cellona, owned by his wife Nancy Cañete petroleum gas products to cus- arrested based on the com- Taneo said the operation who received the payment be- who delivered the same to Na- tomers without Standard Com- plaint of the Department of resulted in the arrest of Cellona ing the cashier of the company.
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