A consumer group that asked the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to reconsider its decision to approve the increase in the feed-in tariff allowance (FiT-All) for 2017 is asking the government to act on its petition despite the suspension of four of the agency’s commissioners.
“I truly hope that Malacanang will act on FiT-All swiftly. Otherwise, FiT-All will continue to be a burden on consumers,” said Victorio A. Dimagiba, who heads Laban Konsyumer Inc. “Despite the suspensions of the ERC officials, we are still calling on government to act on this and relieve consumers of higher rates caused by FiT-All.”
“It is not the fault of consumers that these ERC officials were suspended,” he added. “Why then do we have to bear the brunt of this delay and indecision by government on the issue of FiT-All and pay higher rates every month?”
The group said the feed-in tariff allowance is a burden on consumers and that the suspensions of the ERC officials had put “further roadblocks on the consumer group’s petitions to annul unjustified FiT-All approved by the ERC, which have been filed in the past two years, both in 2016 and 2017.” — Victor Saulon

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