The National Electrification Administration fixed the power blackout in Masbate within 24 hours shortly after taking over the management of the Masbate Electric Cooperative Inc.
The NEA sorted out the problem after deploying a team led by Edmundo Aguilar whom Administrator Edgardo Masongsong designated to serve as project supervisor/acting general manager of Maselco.
Aguilar was tasked to oversee the operations and management of Maselco to ensure the efficient delivery of electric service to its member-consumers following the reported massive blackout on Wednesday (May 31).
This developed as soon as Masongsong placed Maselco general manager Eduardo Margallo under a 30-day preventive suspension over allegations of gross inefficiency and mismanagement of the cooperative.
The order is in response to the resolutions issued by the Masbate Sangguniang Panlalawigan and the Maselco board vis-à-vis the demand letter of DMCI Masbate Power Corp. dated May 24, 2017, threatening to cut the power supply of Maselco for its failure to settle its overdue obligations.
Masongsong justified the abrupt suspension order as “warranted to forestall any potential disruption of evidence, pending the outcome of the “motu proprio” investigation against Margallo”.
Aguilar flew to Masbate earlier today leading an NEA team to meet with Governor Antonio Kho and some government officials. They discussed together with the Maselco employees plans to settle the outstanding bills of the cooperative with DMCI.
