Naga LGU forms local Power Commission

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NAGA CITY – This city government has created a new body which will ensure Naga’s energy security.

Mayor John G. Bongat ordered the creation of the City of Naga Power Commission (CNPC), under Executive Order No. 2014-008.

The CNPC will prepare a comprehensive plan for the city’s future energy requirements, including identification of the supply and demand projections as well as alternative energy sources.

The Commission shall have a Board of Commissioners composed of the following: Chairman of the SP Committee on Consumers Protection; head of the City Planning and Development Office; executive director of the Jesse M. Robredo Center for Good Governance; executive director of the Metro Naga Development Council; manager of Casureco II; chair of the Naga City People’s Council; president of the MNCCI; representative of the Institute of Integrated Electrical Engineers of the Philippines; representative of the Consumers Group, and; representative of the Academe.

Specifically, the Board of Commissioners will have the following functions:
1. Review, inspect, monitor, and coordinate the performance of energy sector players within the City of Naga to ensure compliance and consistency with all laws governing energy. It shall also serve as the center for solving any inter-related technical problems that may arise in the implementation of any policy relating to the field of energy in the city;
2. Protect the people by bolstering their awareness with regard to laws governing energy. One of these is Section23 of EPIRA Law which obligates electric distribution utilities to supply electricity at the least cost to their captive market. For this purpose, the Board shallbe given access to the financial records and transactions of Caureco II, including its annual budget, quarterly summary of disbursements, semi-annual trial balance, or such other records as the Board may deem appropriate;
3. Sit as a non-voting member of the Board of Directors of Casureco II.