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NASECORE ALLEGATIONS VS NEA ADMINISTRATOR MASONGSONG ARE MALICIOUS — ELECTRIC COOPS

The Philippine Rural Electric Cooperatives Association, Inc. (PHILRECA), National Association of General Managers of Electric Cooperatives, Inc. (NAGMEC), and the National Center of Electric Cooperative Consumers, Inc. (NCECCO) slammed the National Association of Electric Consumers for Reforms, Inc. (NASECORE) over its “absolutely erroneous and outright malicious” allegations against National Electrification Administration (NEA) Administrator Edgardo R. […]

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ELECTRIC COOPS BOOST POWER RESTORATION EFFORTS IN ‘OMPONG’-HIT AREAS – NAGMEC

With Typhoon “Ompong” battering Luzon and causing power outages in the region, the power restoration efforts of the National Electrification Administration (NEA) had received a huge boost with 14 Central Luzon electric cooperatives (ECs) extending assistance to NEA Power Restoration Rapid Deployment (PRRD) Task Force teams deployed to heavily-hit Cagayan province. Reynaldo Villanueva, President of […]

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NEW DOUBTS, FEARS OVER ‘UNDERHANDED’ ENTRY OF PRIVATE GROUPS IN POWER SECTOR – ELECTRIC COOPS

Two of the biggest electric cooperative (EC) groups in the country expressed grave concerns over the “publicity-driven” attempts of a private for-profit entity wanting to enter the power sector to “paint itself as a savior of rural electrification,” in what they tagged as a “concerted drive to undermine grassroots people’s organizations deeply embedded in the […]

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ELECTRIC COOPS URGE PSALM TO FACE CONGRESS, EXPLAIN ASSET DISPOSAL AND FUND USE

“Sa Kongreso kayo magpaliwanag. (Explain to Congress).” This was the message addressed to the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp (PSALM) by two of the largest electric cooperative (EC) groups in the country, which criticized PSALM last week for passing the burden of its ballooning debts on interest charges to consumers in the form […]

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ELECTRIC COOP LEADERS LAUD HOUSE FUNDING ASSURANCE FOR NEW POWER LAW

Leaders of the two most influential groups in the electric cooperative (EC) sector reiterated the “absolute need and indispensability” of assured government funding for the recently-signed law providing financial support for ECs in times of calamities and disasters. President Rodrigo Duterte signed last June 29 Republic Act 11039 which mandates the creation of an Electric […]