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NEA TO POWER COOPS: BE CATALYSTS OF PROGRESS

The National Electrification Administration (NEA) rallied behind electric cooperatives (ECs) last Friday, encouraging them to serve as primary sources of solutions to recurring energy-related problems in their respective communities, thereby transforming themselves as “catalysts of progress.” NEA Administrator Antonio Mariano Almeda delivered this unity call at the Annual General Membership Meeting (AGMM) of the Philippine Rural Electric Cooperatives Association, […]

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MORE RURAL ELECTRIFICATION PROJECTS IN 2025 BUDGET

Senator Win Gatchalian said the approval of the General Appropriations Act (GAA) for next year ensures significant progress in the government’s rural electrification program. “We hope that the budget allocation for the National Electrification Administration for 2025 would help push the rural electrification program to its completion in the next couple of years,” Gatchalian said […]

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NEA ROLLS OUT ACCELERATED ELECTRIFICATION PROGRAM

The National Electrification Administration (NEA) sets in motion the Accelerated Total Electrification Program (ATEP) to meet its goal of total household electrification by 2028.  NEA held a roll-out conference earlier this month to present the program and ensure the engagement of all electric cooperatives (ECs). Among its objectives were the harmonization of targets and accomplishments […]

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PRESIDENT MARCOS URGED: PRESERVE ELECTRIC COOPS

The National Center of Concerned Electric Consumers (NCCECO) has urged President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to include the preservation of electric cooperatives (ECs) in the administration’s priority measures. During its national convention, NCCECO adopted a resolution requesting the President “to include as a priority bill the preservation of ECs not just being the legacy of the […]

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NEA POWER 101 SEMINAR GOES TO VISAYAS

The National Electrification Administration (NEA) gathered key officials of Electric Cooperatives (ECs) from Region VI, VII and VIII in a seminar that aims to capacitate their newly elected Board of Directors, and newly appointed General Managers and Officer-in-Charge in understanding the Electric Power Industry. Former Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) Commissioner Atty. Josefina Patricia M. Asirit […]

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NEA LAUDS DLPC FRANCHISE AREA EXPANSION ACT VETO

President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. vetoed House Bill No. 10554 or an Act Expanding the Franchise Area of Davao Light and Power Company, Inc. In a letter addressed to the Senate, President Marcos said he is constrained to veto the bill due to the susceptibility of the proposed expansion of the franchise area of Davao […]

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NCECCO ELECTS MASONGSONG AS SECRETARY GENERAL

The National Center of Electric Cooperatives’ Consumers (NCECCO) has elected former National Electrification Administration (NEA) administrator Edgardo Rama Masongsong as its Secretary-General.NCECCO is the national organization of Electric Cooperatives’ (ECs) MCOs or Member-Consumer-Owners that espouses a vision of being a vanguard of the rights and interests of all electricity consumers nationwide, which Masongsong upholds to […]

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NEA CELEBRATES 52ND ANNIVERSARY IN AUGUST

The National Electrification Administration (NEA) is celebrating its 52nd founding anniversary this August and the 12th National Electrification Awareness Month (NEAM), with the theme “NEA-ECs: Arise as One, Championing National Development and Building Sustainable Communities through Rural Electrification.” NEA Administrator Edgardo Masongsong said this year’s celebration, however, will once again be different due to the COVID-19 pandemic […]

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NEA TO COOPS: INVEST IN EMBEDDED POWER GENERATION

State-run National Electrification Administration (NEA) is encouraging the electric cooperatives (ECs) to invest in embedded power generation projects to mitigate future electricity supply shortages in their respective coverage areas. NEA Administrator Edgardo Masongsong said embedded power generation could serve as supplemental energy supply during peak demand times, and reserve or backup power to consumers during […]

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CABSEC NOGRALES BACKS RURAL ELECTRIFICATION DRIVE

Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles made a brief but productive visit to the Tablas Island Electric Cooperative (TIELCO) main office in Romblon last June 18, 2021 where he expressed full support for electric cooperatives’ (ECs) advocacy of achieving comprehensive rural electrification in the countryside. In a meeting with Congressman Budoy Madrona, Governor Jose Riano, TIELCO OIC-General […]