Manila, Feb. 5 -- The Northern Davao Electric Cooperative (NORDECO) has appealed to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to veto the bill that would expand the franchise of the Davao Light and Power Co., Inc. (DLPC) into areas currently served by NORDECO.

The bill, recently approved on the third and final reading by the Senate, will extend DLPC's reach into portions of Davao del Norte and the entire Davao de Oro.

NORDECO acting general manager Elvera Alngog, in a letter to the Philippine News Agency, said the bill - House Bill (HB) 11072/Senate Bill 2888 - contains similar "constitutional and legal infirmities" as HB 10554, which the President vetoed in 2022. That bill also sought to expand DLPC's franchise in Davao del Norte.

Alngog note...