Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has joined calls for a congressional inquiry into the alleged forceful take over of the Bengue Electric Cooperative (BENECO) offices to shed light on the circumstances leading to changes in its management. Gatchalian, who chairs the Senate Committee on Energy, said he is...
The National Electrification Administration has (NEA) has extended the submission of the mandated Renewable Energy Development Plan (REDP) by the country’s electric cooperatives (ECs) to give them longer leeway to prepare. The deadline has been extended from October 27 to to Nov. 5 this year....
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima has called for a congressional probe into the reported takeover of the Benguet Electric Cooperative (BENECO) by the National Electrification Administration (NEA). De Lima, chair of the Senate Committee on Social Justice, Welfare and Rural Development, has filed...
Government-run National Electrification Administration (NEA) got an allocation of P1.8 billion budget only for its electrification mandate, enormously falling short of the P18 billion funding needed to fully meet the nationwide energization of all households until June next year as promised by the...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said he is upbeat there is still hope that the country can achieve total electrification of all households by 2022. This was after the Senate passed on third and final reading Senate Bill No. 1928 or the proposed Microgrid Systems Act on Monday, September 13. The bill...
One of the ‘unaccomplished’ promises of the Duterte administration is full electrification of all households in the country, but that goal can be hastened with the deployment of micro-grid systems, especially in isolated communities and far-flung areas, according to Senate Committee on Energy...
National Electrification Administration (NEA) Deputy Administrator Sonia San Diego has been designated as officer-in-charge, following the exit of Edgardo R. Masongsong, who was booted out as Administrator of the agency on allegations of corruption. No less than President Rodrigo Duterte has made...
President Duterte revealed that he has fired National Electrification Administration (NEA) Administrator Edgardo Masongsong for allegedly allowing electric cooperatives to contribute funds for a party-list campaign in the 2019 elections. President Duterte (ROEMARI LIMOSNERO/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO/...
Government-run National Electrification Administration (NEA) has extended P5.628 billion worth of loans to electric cooperatives (ECs) at the duration of the Duterte administration. According to NEA Administrator Edgardo R. Masongsong, the loans extended to the ECs had been via the agency’s...
With less than a year remaining for the Duterte administration, the Department of Energy (DOE) has named new Undersecretary Astravel “Astra” P. Naik, but whose function has not been clearly defined yet or laid down by the agency. In an in initial statement of the DOE on Wednesday (July 28), it...
The goal of the Duterte administration to complete electrification of all sitios within the service domain of the electric cooperatives (ECs) would fall short of target because of deficient budget allocation by the national government. In a briefing with reporters, Sonia B. San Diego, deputy...
The Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) said on Wednesday, May 12, that it filed a graft and corruption case against an official of the National Electrification Administration (NEA) for allegedly allowing electric cooperatives (EC) to contribute to the campaign fund of a partylist group...
