With incessantly rising fuel prices in the world market, the country’s electric cooperatives (ECs) had been ordered to implement cost cutting measures in their operations so as not to create additional burden to consumers. The National Electrification Administration (NEA) told the ECs to “to...
The Philippine Rural Electric Cooperatives Association Inc. (PHILRECA) has reaffirmed its position that the National Electrification Administration (NEA) does not have vested authority to appoint or set the terms for the selection of general managers (GMs) for the electric cooperatives. Based on a...
The National Electrification Administration (NEA) has directed the Peninsula Electric Cooperative, Inc. (PENELCO) in Bataan to help fix the line that plagued parts of Luzon into blackouts last weekend. According to NEA Engineering Department Manager Federico P. Villar, Jr. and Principal Engineer...
The National Electrification Administration (NEA) is exploring means on how it can extend financial assistance to Lanao del Sur Electric Cooperative (LASURECO), of which power supply had been set for disconnection due to its P12.9 billion worth of unpaid obligations with state-run Power Sector...
The National Electrification Administration (NEA) has reinforced its collaboration with the electric cooperatives (ECs) and their member-consumer-owners (MCOs) so their "combined power" could foil attempts of corporate giants to unduly takeover the operations of power utilities in the provinces or...
Widespread incidents of power interruptions in roughly 1,500 barangays nationwide plagued voting proceedings during the synchronized national and local elections on Monday, May 9. The National Electrification Administration (NEA), in particular, reported that about 1,456 barangays temporarily lost...
The outgoing officials of the Department of Energy (DOE) are reassuring the public of brownout-free elections on Monday, May 9, so the integrity of the ballots that will decide on the country’s next leaders will be duly protected. “Contrary to recent alarmist news reports, the ETFE (Energy Task...
The National Electrification Administration (NEA) has reconstituted its anti-corruption committee (NEA-ACC) as it escalates efforts in battling corrupt practices in the agency and the electric cooperatives (ECs) that it has been overseeing. The agency announced that its restructured anti-corruption...
The Palawan Electric Cooperative (PALECO) implementing remedies to prevent the recurrence of blackouts in its service area after investigating the causes of the recent power disruptions. According to the National Electrification Administration (NEA), PALECO Acting General Manager Federico Villar...
A total of 582,083 new customers have been connected to electricity supply last year, bringing total service connections to 14,835,390 households as of 2021, according to the National Electrification Administration (NEA). By end-December last year, the electrification agency said the total service...
The National Electrification Administration (NEA) has been flagged for violating its own Charter by issuing policies that allegedly overstepped the powers of the electric cooperatives (ECs) on the appointment of their own general managers (GMs). Senate Committee on Energy Chairman Sherwin T....
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Friday urged the National Electrification Administration (NEA) and the Department of Energy (DOE) to recall NEA’s most recent memoranda in appointing general managers (GMs) of electric cooperatives (ECs) saying that agency violated the law as it went beyond its...
