Tulfo says Senate panel to summon coops, agencies on brownouts

This 2018 file photo shows people walking in the dark during a power interruption. Sen. Raffy Tulfo, chair of the Senate Committee on Energy, said officials of electric cooperatives and energy agencies will be made to explain possible lapses in making sure people have access to power.

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MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Raffy Tulfo is taking a strong stance against electric cooperatives, saying his office has received complaints about power interruptions lasting up to 12 hours in Oriental Mindoro.

At a press briefing at the Senate on Monday morning, the former broadcaster said that he would push for hearings "as soon as possible" to "expose" what he said were lapses in keeping the lights on. Senate committees may call for hearings when a resolution is filed to hold them, or initiate them on their own.

"It's very clear, the problem was ignored by electric companies and cooperatives. It seems that the norm in startiing up an electric company and acquiring a franchise is that 'it's not what you know it's who you know,'" he said in Filipino.

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