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The President of the National Association of General Managers of Electric Cooperatives (NAGMEC) slammed power giant Meralco after company Chief Executive Officer Oscar Reyes recently revealed that Meralco is planning to expand beyond their franchise areas and build microgrids in communities without electricity. In an interview, NAGMEC chief Sergio Dagooc said this is an open […]
The need to protect and preserve rural electrification initiatives from the planned incursion of private commercial interests has found more champions and supporters who stressed recently that electric cooperatives (ECs) and people’s organizations should be kept as preferred partners and implementors of the decades-long government program to achieve rural development based on countryside electrification. Philippine […]
State-run National Electrification Administration (NEA) has extended P830-million worth of loans to 34 electric cooperatives (ECs) over the period January to April this year to finance, among others, their rural electrification projects. Of the total amount, P42 million was released as calamity loans to three ECs for the rehabilitation of damaged power distribution lines caused […]
Electric cooperatives (ECs) found an ally in Misamis Oriental Governor Bambi Emano who publicly stated that he would rather lean on them to power up communities in his province than the private investor-owned utilities. This is consistent with the position of the National Electrification Administration (NEA), which for years has been asking for reforms in […]
An official from the Philippine Councilors League (PCL) has recently called for the protection and establishment of more cooperatives to turn the tide on the state of public utilities in the country. PCL Chairman and Davao City Councilor Danilo Dayanghirang said people should rally behind service-oriented utilities like the Agusan del Sur Electric Cooperative, Inc. […]
State-run National Electrification Administration (NEA) touted the strategic partnership between the two national organizations of electric cooperatives aimed at pushing forward the welfare and interest of the ECs and the power consumers in light of the recent challenges facing the rural electrification sector. Administrator Edgardo Masongsong expressed delight at the decision of the Philippine Rural […]
To ensure electric service reliability in the coming elections, the National Electrification Administration (NEA) has ordered the creation of a task force that will monitor the power situation in areas covered by electric cooperatives across the country. Administrator Edgardo Masongsong issued Office Order No. 2018-099 dated April 30, establishing “NEA Power Task Force Election (NPTFE) […]
Decades of steady successes in rural electrification programs in the countryside may be placed in disarray with the entry of private corporate businesses, and unbridled privatization may dilute the role of people’s organizations enjoying protection under the law, the nationwide organization of electric cooperative managers warned. In a press conference, the National Association of General […]
A bigger share of electrification projects slated for 2018 will go to unenergized communities of Mindanao to bolster development in the region, state-run National Electrification Administration (NEA) has announced. Administrator Edgardo Masongsong said a PhP 1.817 billion budget has been allotted to provide electricity to 1,817 sitios across the country this year. Of this target, […]
To improve its overall operational efficiency and performance, the National Electrification Administration (NEA) has undergone a major sectoral and departmental reshuffle effective April 2. According to Office Order No. 2018-067 dated March 26, NEA Administrator Edgardo Masongsong said the “new assignments provide, among others, for an opportunity to exhibit leadership and demonstrate people management, with […]