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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 […]

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ELECTRIC COOPS APPEAL FOR FAIRNESS – DE JESUS

One of the largest groups of electric cooperatives (ECs) in the country has joined the growing number of power sector stakeholders that have hit the Department of Energy’s (DOE) new procurement rules, questioning the arbitrariness of the guidelines in the awarding of various energy projects and their impact on current participants. The Philippine Rural Electric […]