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After clarifying some issues pertaining to its 2015 financial statement, the Commission on Audit (COA) once again declared the National Electrification Administration (NEA) as compliant with government transparency standards. The NEA was rendered an unqualified opinion for calendar years 2015 and 2016 based on the latest COA Independent Auditor’s Report (IAR). This enabled the […]
As part of its aggressive expansion in the United States, the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) is not just establishing numerous chapels, it is also breathing new life into old, abandoned US towns. This according to INC General Auditor Bro. Glicerio B. Santos Jr., who said that the INC would be working to “restore, rehabilitate, […]
The National Electrification Administration (NEA) has organized the Power Restoration Rapid Deployment (PRRD) task force to assist the quake-struck electric cooperatives (ECs) in Visayas, Administrator Edgardo Masongsong said over the weekend. Masongsong likewise stated that the mechanism for a quick response fund is already being drafted in aid of power coops with ravaged facilities […]
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is keen on collaborating with the National Electrification Administration (NEA) and the electric cooperatives (ECs) under its charge to develop additional micro grid facilities and distributed energy resources (DER) in the country. NEA Head Executive Assistant lawyer Vicar Loureen Lofranco issued this statement following a three-day workshop on the […]
National Electrification Administration (NEA) Edgardo Masongsong has expressed his desire to establish a “comprehensive” emergency fund for electric cooperatives and its member-consumers to assist them in their disaster relief, recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts. Masongsong visited Iligan City, Lanao del Norte, to lead the turnover of relief goods and financial assistance to the employees […]
Senator Win Gatchalian wants the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to open its deliberations to the general public to guarantee that consumers get fair and reasonable power rates. The proposal is among the key features of Senate Bill No. 1490, otherwise known as the ERC Governance Act of 2017, which Gatchalian has filed to ensure […]
Some 5,300 member-consumers of the Benguet Electric Cooperative, Inc. (BENECO) on took their oaths as new members of the National Center of Electric Cooperative Consumers, Inc. (NCECCO). No less than National Electrification Administration (NEA) chief Edgardo Masongsong administered the mass oathtaking during BENECO’s 37th Annual General Membership Assembly (AGMA). Established last January, NCECCO is […]
National Electrification Administration (NEA) chief Edgardo Masongsong rallied all electric cooperatives (ECs) under its supervision to support the agency’s legislative agenda, including the possibility of expanding its authority over all power distribution utilities (DUs). Masongsong asked the general managers of the electric cooperatives to help him lobby Congress to increase or expand its mandate […]
Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi recognized the critical role played by the electric cooperatives in providing basic electricity services to Filipinos, particularly in times of disaster and calamity situations. Secretary Cusi cited the situation in Marawi City where electricity services have been affected due to the ongoing hostilities between government troops and local terrorists belonging […]
The National Electrification Administration (NEA) advised the Lanao del Sur Electric Cooperative, Inc. (LASURECO) to ensure adequate power supply in areas where thousands of Marawi City residents are temporarily taking refuge due to the ongoing clashes between government forces and a local terrorist group. “While LASURECO is waiting for the normalization of the security […]