THE House of Representatives will grant additional powers to President Benigno Aquino 3rd but it will be limited to stop him from purchasing or leasing additional generator sets that may cost the government P6 billion to P10 billion.

Rep. Reynaldo Umali of Oriental Mindoro, chairman of the House energy panel, on Tuesday said instead of buying power generators, the government can give compensation to companies that will join the Interruptible Load Program (ILP) to address a possible power shortfall in 2015.

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