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Monday, May 27, 2013

NGCP warns Mindanaoans vs. bogus personnel

By Alfonso T. Ruda

DIPOLOG CITY - The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has warned the public, particularly residents of the Zamboanga Peninsula region of the systemized scam concerning right-of-way (ROW) claims.
Atty. Cynthia Alabanza, NGCP spokesperson issued the warning after receiving report that an organized group claiming to be a representative of NGCP is contacting land owners who have properties or who live under the company’s transmission lines and facilities.
According to Alabanza, the group is allegedly promising land owners of payment ranging from P50,000.00 to P300,000.00 for every tower to be constructed within their properties.
The group requires land owners to provide the copy of their Certificate of Land Title or Tax Declaration to support their support claim from NGCP. In return, the group is asking for the 40 percent of their claim as the group’s commission.
Alabanza said this activity is not sanctioned by NGCP and the group has no legal personality to represent the company. “We would like to warn the public to refrain from transacting with these individuals as they are not connected with NGCP and will only take advantage of your properties,” she said.
According to NGCP, they conduct ROW negotiations with land owners whose properties are and will be traversed by transmission lines but such negotiation is done professionally with no fees being required from land owners. Alabanza pointed out that NGCP directly deals with land owners and never hire the services of a third party as its representative to the negotiation.
NGCP is a privately-owned corporation in charge of operating, maintaining and developing the country’s power grid. It transmits high voltage electricity through “power super highways” that include the inter-connected system of transmission lines and towers, sub-stations and related assets.

NGCP’s regular maintenance activities and expansion projects aim to enhance reliability and delivery of quality of electricity to customers or power utility providers.(FPG/NGCP/ATR/PIA9)