Esperon recently disclosed that an inter-agency technical working group has recently been created to look into the security concerns arising from the stake held by a Chinese company in the NGCP.
“It is subject to review kaya mayroon kaming technical working group. We are aware of that, we are aware of your concern,” he added. “It’s something I would like to get into yung National Grid Corporation. Sinasabi kasi baka may control ang China, may backflow but actually yung DICT and NSA last time mayroon ng system na iniligay dyan para makita kung may backflow [Some say there might be back flow from the control of China but the DICT and NSA established a system to check if there is indeed backflow,” he said.
In 2007, the consortium composed of Monte Oro Grid Resources Corp., Calaca High Power Corporation, and the State Grid Corporation of China secured a 25-year concession to operate the country’s power transmission network.