Press Release
August 13, 2019

STATEMENT OF SENATOR WIN GATCHALIAN ON THE SIGNING OF THE ANTI-OBSTRUCTION OF POWER LINES ACT

Prevention is always better than cure, as the adage goes. And now that President Rodrigo Duterte has signed the Anti-Obstruction of Power Lines Act, we will now be able to put in place a mechanism that will allow for the responsive maintenance and rehabilitation of transmission, sub-transmission, and distribution lines, which would prevent outages and ensure continuous supply of electricity.

The measure is timely for the rainy season when powerful typhoons barrel through our country.

Again, we thank the President for the timely signing of this measure, which ensures the uninterrupted conveyance of electricity from the power generating plants all the way to the end users - the consumers, business, and vital installations in the country.

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