JUST when I was ready to dismiss the election on Monday as one more grand showcase of the proven perennial cheating by the Commission on Elections (Comelec), I happened to listen to an interview by the radio news broadcast "Partners Punto Derecho" of an organization calling itself Kuryente.org, said to be a pro-consumer welfare group. The interview dealt with looming massive power outages, particularly in Luzon.

A large part of the interview dealt with the nitty-gritty of how electricity is brought to consumers through the transmission lines of the National Power Grid Corp. (NGCP). It was said that the corporation has been deficient in its mandated function of procuring power supply reserves to ensure an uninterrupted supply of electricity. It is these reserves that should fill in the lack of power during outages. That brownouts do occur from time to time can only mean the NGCP has been remiss in its mandate.

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