The National Electrification Administration (NEA) said the change in rules in the hiring of general managers (GMs) for electric cooperatives had been targeted to “equip the EC managers to handle rising challenges” especially in the rural electrification program of the government. In defending...
The Philippine Rural Electric Cooperatives Association Inc. (PHILRECA) is opposing the policy revisions set forth by the National Electrification Administration (NEA) on the hiring as well as termination or service suspension of general managers (GMs) designated for electric cooperatives. The...
The board of administrators of the National Electrification Administration (NEA) has enforced 90-day suspension to the board of directors as well as officials of the Benguet Electric Cooperative (BENECO) allegedly due to their excessive benefits and allowances that they have been refusing to return...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday urged the National Electrification Administrtaion (NEA) to immediately utilize the Electric Cooperatives Emergency and Resiliency Fund (ECERF) to help electric cooperatives affected by Typhoon Odette restore power lines within their areas. Gatchalian, who chairs...
The Department of Energy (DOE) said it cannot commit yet if Filipino consumers in the typhoon Odette-battered areas in Visayas and Mindanao will fully regain their electricity services before the Christmas celebrations next week. In a press briefing, Energy Undersecretary Felix William B....
The board of the National Electrification Administration (NEA) and Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) agreed to form a technical working group (TWG) that will flesh out strategies and mechanisms to be applied in synchronizing rules and edicts being enforced on the country’s electric...
Malacañang is looking to implement changes in its electrification game plan in a bid to achieve 100 percent electrification of the country by 2022--the last year of the Duterte administration. (Kai Gradert/ Unsplash) President Duterte signed Executive Order (EO) No.156 on Friday, Dec. 10 in order...
The National Electrification Administration (NEA) is rigidly restraining the participation of electric cooperatives (ECs) to events or activities that are beyond their mandate, which is to provide electricity to consumers. This was contained in a memorandum issued on Nov. 22 this year was signed by...
Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Thursday, Dec. 9, accused the National Electrification Administration (NEA) of “power-tripping” as he condemned its alleged continuous harassment of the Benguet Electric Cooperative’s (Beneco) officials and members. Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV...
The controversial takeover of the Benguet Electric Cooperative (Beneco), one of country’s top-performing electric cooperatives, could teach a lesson to the National Electrification Administration (NEA), Vice President Leni Robredo said on Monday, Dec. 6. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP) Robredo,...
Government-run National Electrification Administration (NEA) is being urged to strike a compromise with the Benguet Electric Cooperative (BENECO), so consumers will not be groping in the dark, especially during the Christmas holidays. According to Senate Committee on Energy Chairman Sherwin T....
The National Electrification Administration (NEA) should earmark some of its budget for the residents in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said. Gatchalian, chair of the Senate Energy Committee, noted that not a single centavo of its proposed...
