By Danessa Rivera (The
Philippine Star) | Updated June 21, 2016 - 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines - The Energy
Regulatory Commission (ERC) has partnered with the Movie and Television Review
and Classification Board (MTRCB) for consumer education on the new developments
and trends in the electric power industry.
In a statement, the ERC said it
signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with MTRCB last June 4, sealing
their cooperation to further educate electricity consumers on the new
developments and trends in the electric power industry.
”The partnership aims to help
Filipino consumers empower themselves through the acquisition of knowledge
about the dynamics of the electric power industry, the roles of the generating
companies, transmission companies, distribution utilities and retail
electricity suppliers and their rights as customers,” ERC chairman Jose Vicente
Salazar said.
For his part, MTRCB chairman Eugenio
H. Villareal said the partnership would empower the audience particularly in
the promotion and protection of electricity consumer interests in the midst of
the reformation of the electric power industry, including matters regarding
environment protection and public safety measures.
Under the MOU, both the ERC and
MTRCB agreed to develop and conduct cooperative activities and support any and
all efforts, initiatives and activities relating to public information and
education campaign aimed at raising public awareness on the importance and
proper discernment of the different classification ratings for movies and
television programs, as well as the dynamics of film and media literacy, and of
audience empowerment vis-à-vis the promotion of consumer interests.
Both parties will also engage movie
and television industry stakeholders - cinema operators, television networks
and cable operators - to afford ERC’s information-education-communication
campaign materials to raise public awareness on the proper use of electric
power and energy conservation and safety measures.
The ERC is the national agency
tasked with the regulation of the electric power industry, including the
undertaking of public information campaigns on the proper use of electric power
and energy conservation and safety measures.
MTRCB is the entity that supervises
and regulates the public exhibition of motion pictures, television programs,
and publicity materials.
Last week, the National Grid Corp.
of the Philippines (NGCP) said it has teamed up with MRTCB to disseminate its
information campaign on transmission line safety and protection and
right-of-way (ROW) information campaign by showing their safety and
anti-pilferage public service videos in movie theaters.
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