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TULFO EYES JCEC TO DECIDE ON PANAY POWER CRISIS

Senator Raffy Tulfo divulged his plan to convene the Joint Congressional Energy Commission (JCEC) to review and eventually decide on the amendment or cancellation of the franchise of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP). Tulfo, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Energy, made the announcement following NGCP’s repeated failure to fulfill its responsibilities […]

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SENATE STARTS PROBE ON PANAY POWER CRISIS

Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa has urged the stakeholders from the energy sector to fully cooperate with the Senate Energy Committee’s investigation into the recent blackout in the island province of Panay which affected the livelihood and everyday lives of thousands of Ilonggos. “I am asking for your full cooperation, your utmost cooperation on this […]

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SOLON SLAMS NGCP OVER POWER OUTAGES IN LUZON

“You cannot call for better system planning when you are the sole grid system operator.” This was the call by Anakalusugan Partylist Representative Ray Reyes after the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) released a statement on the unplanned power interruptions that wrought havoc on the island of Luzon last week and on Panay […]

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BIOGAS PLANT NOW POWERS LEGAZPI CITY – ROSAL

Aside from solving the problem on the disposal of slaughtered animals’ manure, the local government of Legazpi City has also negated the issue of expensive fuel consumption in running its “AA” abattoir that serves the entire city and its adjacent towns. This, after the slaughterhouse started using its new biogas digester machine, yielding an initial […]

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OPERATIONS IN ALL QUAKE-HIT COOPS NOW NORMAL – NEA

Power distribution in all coverage areas of electric cooperatives (ECs) impacted by the earthquakes that hit Central Luzon and Eastern Visayas earlier this week are now back to normal, according to the National Electrification Administration (NEA). Based on the NEA monitoring report as of Wednesday noon, all ECs in Central Luzon have reported normal operations […]

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EMPOWER ‘PROBINSYANOS’ – NOGRALES

House Appropriations Chairperson Rep. Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles on Tuesday again asked why the budget of a critical government office had been slashed, as he quizzed Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi during the Department of Energy’s (DOE) budget deliberations regarding the budget of the National Electrification Administration (NEA), which was reduced from 1.8 billion pesos in […]

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ENERGY COMMITTEE POWERS EVOSS BILL – HOUSE

The House Committee on Energy has approved a bill seeking to streamline the process of securing the necessary permits for power generation projects through an Energy Virtual One-Stop Shop (EVOSS). The unnumbered substitute bill aims to ensure consumer access to quality, reliable and secure electrical power at reasonable cost through measures that guarantee supply meeting […]

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NEA to Honor Top Power Coops and Partner Institutions – MASONGSONG

  The National Electrification Administration (NEA) will be honoring on April 28, 2017 a number of electric cooperatives (ECs) that have shown exemplary performance in implementing their rural electrification projects. Commendations in different categories will be presented to a select crop of AAA-rated ECs, general managers, board presidents, and partner institutions at the 2017 Lumens […]