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POWER COOPS MULL ‘PANTAWID LIWANAG’ PROGRAM FOR POOR CONSUMERS HIT BY LOCKDOWN EXTENSION — NEA

The National Electrification Administration (NEA) said electric cooperatives (ECs) are working on a program to subsidizing the electricity needs of poor Filipino consumers following the two-week extension of the enhanced community quarantine. NEA Administrator Edgardo Masongsong said the proposed electricity subsidy program, dubbed as ‘Pantawid Liwanag,’ targets poor Filipino electricity consumers in the countryside whose […]