BACOLOD CITY: The general manager of the local electric cooperative has expressed dismay over the inclusion of Bacolod City and neighboring areas in the rotating brownouts technically called “manual load dropping” imposed by the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP).

Sulpicio Lagarde, general manager of the Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco), on Saturday said he was surprised when NGCP informed him on Friday that they had allocated only 3.9 megawatts to the power cooperative.

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