Bantayan's power woes seen to end
THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has issued a resolution allowing the Bantayan Island Electric Cooperative Inc. (Banelco) to source its power from any supplier to ensure unhampered power supply, ending the rotational brownouts that had plagued residents of Bantayan Island.
Banelco, Bantayan Island’s power distributor, announced Monday, Nov. 8, 2021, that Isla Norte Energy Corp. (Inec) was now the power generator supplying power to Banelco.
Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia herself had appealed to the ERC last Oct. 21 to provisionally allow a new power generator to operate in Bantayan Island to solve the power outages in the area.
She said brownouts could damage appliances and affect the tourism industry of the island.
Banelco has a franchise from the National Electrification Administration to provide power in the three municipalities of Bantayan, Madridejos and Santa Fe on Bantayan Island in northern Cebu.
