City mayor meets power firm officials

MAYOR Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar expressed confidence that the Zamboanga City Electric Cooperative (Zamcelco) under Crown-Desco management would soon find solutions to the power outages and fluctuations this city has been experiencing since the daily rotational blackout was lifted shortly before the May 13 midterm elections.

“Let us pray for a very doable solution (to the power problems) which will redound to the benefit of the people,” Salazar said Monday, June 10, before she met with officials of Crown-Desco and the Western Mindanao Power Corporation (WMPC).

The chief executive was hopeful the local government’s intervention could help solve the issues confronting the two companies while negotiations are ongoing between both power provider companies for stable power supply in this city.

In the meeting Monday with the mayor and City Administrator Angelique Go were the following WMPC officials: executive vice president and chief executive officer Tirso Santillan; vice president Edgar Sevilles; manager Jose Marie Torrejon; consultant engineer Ruben Conti; and, Jun Contreras of Alsons Power Corporation.

On the side of the Crown-Desco, present were: lawyer Lorenz Reyes, lead counsel of Crown-Desco and Engineer Mel Tiu, among other officials.

Meanwhile, Reyes assured the public that Crown-Desco’s commitment to provide Zamboanga City with a reliable and efficient power supply is a work in progress.

Reyes said these include the rehabilitation of what he termed as Jurassic power distribution lines, substations and transformers. (Bong Garcia/SunStar Philippines)

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