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The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) will take traffic, flood and disaster management from the sky using new remote-controlled drones donated to the agency. MMDA Chairman Danilo Lim said four new drones will be used in managing vehicle traffic and monitoring flood situations in the coming months. “These drones are significant tools to help us […]
State-run National Electrification Administration (NEA) rolled out the third phase of the implementation of the NEA Business Intelligence Technology (BIT) system, signaling the completion of the project. Speaking at the NEA BIT Phase 3 Go Live Program held at the H.E.S. Auditorium, NEA Building in Quezon City, Administrator Edgardo Masongsong said the project was designed […]
After a few months of instituting the needed reforms, the Abra Electric Cooperative (ABRECO) under its new management is now paying its monthly power supply bills on time, ensuring continued electricity service in its coverage area. ABRECO Acting General Manager Charito Mabitazan said the utility’s power bills to the Philippine Electricity Market Corp. (PEMC) and […]
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. […]
Racing against time with limited resources at its disposal, the National Electrification Administration (NEA) tweaked its action plans to illuminate roughly 2.4 million homes that remain in the dark under the franchise areas of electric cooperatives (ECs) nationwide. The state-owned corporation recently presented its Strategized Total Electrification Program (STEP), which was tailored to meet the […]
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 […]