Consumers would have had to pay over P2.5 billion extra had the government not carefully monitored the implementation of the Tax Reform of Acceleration and Inclusion (Train) law, the Energy department claimed in Friday.

“To emphasize, the Department of Energy has saved the consuming public approximately P2.7 billion in what could have been improperly collected,” Energy Assistant Secretary Leonido Pulido 3rd said in a press briefing.

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