[ANALYSIS] The sad paradox of our grid operation with NGCP

The Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 or EPIRA is the restructuring law of the power sector. Its main goal was “to ensure a more reliable, affordable, sustainable and transparent electricity supply in the country.” Yet, almost 24 years to this day, the consuming public continues to face an uncertain fate with the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) on more rate increases and power supply instability.  

Again, this ugly face of the power sector’s privatization...