The entire province of Albay was left groping in the dark on Tuesday after the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) ordered the province’s power cut off because of the unpaid P1.4 billion debt of the Albay Electric Cooperative (Aleco) which supplies electricity to the province.

Albay Rep. Edcel “Grex” Lagman, Jr. said that 15 towns and three cities were without electricity.