Acquisition of modular gensets in Surigao blocked
They alleged that management did not consult the general membership.
Furthermore, the petitioners claimed that th
e generating sets are highly overpriced as discussed by a technical expert, Engr.[]
Robert A. Lozada.
SURNECO, which has 59,470 consumer-members, has no technical capability, experience, and expertise in generating its own power, the petitioners claimed.
“It’s mind boggling and indeed a source of wonder why SURNECO still insists in pursuing this mad rush of purchasing five modular generating sets when the 10MW deficiency has already been covered by the Power Supply Agreement with Nickel Asia Corporation,” they said.
Nickel Asia is said to expand its business to include a power plant, to be functional starting December 2014.
Lawyer Alfonso S. Casurra, lawyer of the petitioners, said that by then, the generating units would become “useless non-performing assets.[]
Engr. Narcisco I. Caliao Jr., general manager of SURNECO, told MindaNews that they are willing to answer the petition in court.
He said they are doing their best to ease the consumers from rotating brownouts which would stretch up to six hours.
He added that if the petitioners will succeed in their court petition, electric consumers in Surigao City and in the 11 municipalities under SURNECO’s service will suffer long brownouts.
