ERC chairperson Monalisa Dimalanta stepped down from her post on Monday, after receiving a six-month suspension from Office of the Ombudsman.
Energy Regulatory Commission chairperson Monalisa Dimalanta stepped down from her post after the regulator’s Office of the Executive Director of the Energy officially received the six-month suspension order from the Office of the Ombudsman before 10 am Monday.In the Order by the Ombudsman, it directed the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Office of the President to implement the suspension and to appoint an Officer-in-Charge of the ERC.
“All operations of the agency shall continue to function, to the extent possible and as required by the exigencies of service,” the ERC said.“The order does contain some allegations of the complaint, without providing, however, any statement as to the evidence submitted by the complainant that became the basis for the issuance of the preventive suspension order,” the regulator said.
The Ombudsman said Dimalanta’s suspension was in connection with Manila Electric Company’s purchase of power from the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market and subsequent unauthorized billing of consumers.
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