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ONE EC NETWORK FOUNDATION DONATES P12.1-M FOR PANTAWID LIWANAG PROGRAM

True to its mission of extending social advocacies, cultural development, and economic prosperity and abundance to member-consumer-owners or MCOs, the One EC Network Foundation, Inc. (OECNF) has pledged to donate a total of P12.1 million to all electric cooperatives (EC) or about P100,000 per EC.   In its regular meeting held last April 22, 2020, […]

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ELECTRIC COOPS TO SUBSIDIZE P365-M ELECTRICITY CHARGES IN PANTAWID LIWANAG PROGRAM – SACEDOR

A total of P365 million in electricity charges will be subsidized by 121 electric cooperatives (EC) in the Pantawid Liwanag Program. According to Rodrigo Sacedor, chairperson of the National Center of Electric Cooperatives Consumers, Inc. (NCECCO), this will hold the record for the ECs as they go all out to help over 3 million consumers […]

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ALL 121 ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES TO IMPLEMENT PANTAWID LIWANAG PROGRAM – SACEDOR

All 121 electric cooperatives operating nationwide have given their support to the Pantawid Liwanag program. According to Rodrigo Sacedor, Chairperson of the National Center of Electric Cooperatives Consumers, Inc. (NCECCO), over 3 million consumers will benefit from the program. “With the solidarity and resilience of those who believe in the rural electrification movement, the Pantawid Liwanag has been supported […]

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POWER COOPS MAY REALIGN BUDGET FOR CORPORATE ACTIVITIES TO FUND ‘PANTAWID LIWANAG’—NEA

Electric cooperatives (ECs) are authorized to realign the budget they have set aside for some of their institutional activities this year to fund the initial rollout of their respective “Pantawid Liwanag” programs, the National Electrification Administration (NEA) said. NEA Administrator Edgardo Masongsong said the power coops may consider this option as well as other fundraising activities to […]

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MERALCO, PRIVATE POWER DISTRIBUTORS NOT PART OF ‘PANTAWID LIWANAG’ PROGRAM’ — NEA

The National Electrification Administration (NEA) on Thursday clarified that the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) and other private distribution utilities are not part of the government’s  “Pantawid Liwanag “ program which will subsidize the electricity consumption of around 3 million “lifeline” customers for the months of March and April as the country grapples with the coronavirus disease […]

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3M FILIPINOS TO BENEFIT FROM PANTAWID LIWANAG – NOGRALES

All lifeline consumers of electricity nationwide will not have to pay for electricyu consumed for the months of March and April amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis in the country, Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles announced. In a virtual press conference aired over state-run PTV-4, Nograles said customers of electric cooperatives who consumed not more […]