(The Philippine Star) | Updated January 26, 2014 - 12:00am
BLAME GAME: Heaping the blame on the chair of the Energy Regulatory Commission for the continually rising power rates of the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) and forcing her to resign will not solve the pricing problem.
Targeting ERC Chair/CEO Zenaida Cruz Ducut and whipping up hatred for her will just mislead consumers further and shift the blame from the main culprits.
The power price upsurge is actually traceable to the government’s failure to (1) build more power plants to keep supply a safe distance ahead of the growing demand, (2) develop cheaper alternative sources, and (3) moderate the appetite of the power moguls. See Postscript of Jan. 14, 2014, at: http://tinyurl.com/krkranl
Ducut is not lily-white, but she looks like another victim of the blame game of an administration covering up for its shortcomings and using demolition tactics as prelude to the chopping off of the head of whoever it wants to replace. source
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