FAT COMMISSIONS BEHIND EMERGENCY POWERS!

In our blog yesterday, I talked about deception in the power crisis.

I will change that now to being SOMETHING FISHY.To be more SPECIFIC, and BRUTALLY FRANK, FAT COMMISSIONS OR BRIBES are now rearing their IMMORAL HEADS.

A story in tribune.net.ph quoted Energy Secretary Jericho Petilla as warning in a House of Representatives hearing yesterday that the power supply for Luzon from March to June 2015 would be far below the required 700 megawatts. 

But he DID NOT GIVE DETAILS OR ANY EXPLANATION.

Petilla said the Malaya 1 and 2 power plants are good for a combined 600 megawatts and CAN ADDRESS the summer power shortage, although  both are old and unreliable.

But Petilla DID NOT POINT OUT ANY MOVE TO REHABILITATE OR STRENGTHEN the Malaya plants THIS EARLY TO SPARE THE PEOPLE FROM ADDED ELECTRICITY COSTS once the government contracts more power.

The ONLY THING HE REPEATEDLY EMPHASIZED, as what he has been doing for some two or three weeks now, is the need to grant emergency powers to PNoy to allow him to contract more power.

This, despite the fact that Speaker Feliciano Belmonte himself said that the House of Representatives is STILL WAITING for a draft bill on the emergency powers that should be given to PNoy.

And Petilla CONTINUES TO IGNORE, AND REFUSES TO CLARIFY, revelations by  Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares that BASED ON DATA from the DOE itself:

As of 2013, the installed capacity for the Luzon grid is 12,790 MW and dependable capacity is 11,469 MW. Peak demand is at 8,700 MW, with Meralco accounting for 6,121 MW.

Deducting dependable capacity from peak demand leaves 2,700 MW, NINE TIMES MORE than the projected 300 MW projected shortage.

State-owned power plants Malaya and Sucat power plant, with a combined capacity of some 1,000 megawatts (MW), MORE THAN THREE TIMES the supposed 300 MW shortage looming in 2015. are being sold to private individuals, instead of being immediately rehabilitated and recommissioned.

But Petilla himself has declared that Petilla said the government is expected to spend about $20 million (P860 million) per 100 MW yearly should PNoy be given emergency powers.

Petilla SHAMELESSLY IGNORES all these, as if these facts do not exist.

The only thing that matters for him is emergency powers for PNoy, and that he doesn’t have to explain anything THAT HE DOESN’T WANT TO EXPLAIN.

Petilla is TREATING US LIKE ROBOTS OR PUPPETS.

We should believe in everything he says WiTHOUT QUESTIONS OR PROOF, that HIS WORD SHOULD BE ENOUGH.

Please tell me, people, that it’s Petilla WHO’S STUPID, NOT US. I’m not. 30