Ombudsman Samuel Martires confirms to Rappler his order which he signed on August 27. The ERC chief says she has not received a copy and refuses to comment.
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The Ombudsman acted on the complaint filed in July 2022 against the chief energy regulator by anti-brownout advocate National Association of Electricity Consumers for Reforms for grave misconduct, grave abuse of authority, and conduct prejudicial to public service. urgent motion for the ERC to issue a directive to Meralco to comply with motion for production of documents and information filed on April 19, 2023.
When asked about the preventive suspension, Dimalanta said: “We have not received a copy of the Order so we cannot comment at this time.” In an interview back in July 2023 regarding the controversy over delayed transmission projects of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines, Dimalanta had cited as among the reasons for the delay in ERC’s decisions were the leadership issues in 2017 when all five members of the commission were suspended. It was then headed by Jose Vicente Salazar.
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