Kinalampag ng advocacy group na Koalisyon Bantay Kuryente (KBK) ang MORE Electric and Power Corporation.
Ito’y bunsod ng pagbuo umano ng MORE Power ng isa pang grupo na may kaparehong pangalan ng KBK upang linlangin ang publiko.
Ayon kay Allen Aquino, tagapangulo ng Koalisyon Bantay Kuryente, peke ang nasabing grupo at ito aniya ang siyang nasa likod ng paninira sa kanilang mga adbokasiya.
Ang fake KBK ng MORE Power, yung intention talaga is to silence us, para mawawala yung reklamo kay MORE, so ‘yun lang talaga ang pure intention nila. Hindi nila pwede patahimikin ang consumers ng Iloilo, nakaumpisa tayo noon pa, hanggang ngayon, hanggang sa future,” ani Aquino.
Giit pa ni Aquino, sadyang ipinangalan sa kanila ang pekeng grupo upang matabunan ang kanilang pagtutol sa mga kapalpakan ng MORE Power partikular ang over billing at systems loss.
To recall, the true KBK alleged that MORE Power needs to silence consumers to cover up the excessive systems loss charges that breached the Energy Regulatory Commission-mandated cap of 6.25%, resulting in an estimated P20.9 million in fraudulent charges to consumers. “Ang nangyayari dito hindi totoo yung mga sinasabi nila (MORE Power’s fake KBK), particularly yung sa operations ni MORE, hindi lumalabas ang totoong nangyari,” dagdag ni Aquino.
Dahil dito, sinabi ni Aquino na maghahain sila ng reklamo sa Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) upang ipaglaban ang kanilang pangalan at maalis ang huwad na grupo.
Kinakailangan i-question-in dahil hindi lang siya pangalan. Kinakailangan i-reclaim namin na kami ang totoong KBK at saka i-reclaim namin na kami ang totoong consumer watchdog.” There are currently two social media pages on Facebook that use the name of KBK, says Aquino, but the dates of founding reveal that the supposed imposter had started its own page much later than the original KBK. Moreover, Aquino noted that the timing of the registration of MORE Powers fake KBK raises suspicions, as it happened after a series of other publicized complaints released by the true KBK. Both the SEC registration and Facebook page creation of MORE Power’s fake KBK happened on August 28, months after Aquino’s group began clamoring about MORE Power failure to deliver service,” wika pa ni Aquino.