The House Committee on Energy has abandoned its plan to amend Republic Act 9136 or the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (Epira), which was supposed to address various issues concerning the power industry.

Oriental Mindoro Rep. Reynaldo Umali, Committee on Energy chairman, said he decided to drop the move to amend Epira because of strong opposition from various sectors.

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