Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Alfonso Cusi Jr. has praised the work rendered by the National Electrification Administration (NEA), which is nearing the completion of its task to electricity all barangays in the country. DOE Secretary Alfonso Cusi (Photo from DOE Facebook page) "Before, only...
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...
Government-run National Electrification Administration (NEA) has already started the process for the targeted smooth turnover of the electric cooperatives (ECs) that shall be placed under the supervision of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). The agency said the transfer of...
Given heightened threats posed by the phreatomagmatic eruption of the Taal volcano, the National Electrification Administration (NEA) has instructed the electric cooperatives (ECs), especially those in Region IV-A, to step up on their emergency preparedness and contingency measures, in case the...
Given well-anticipated dilemma of recurring power supply shortages, the country’s electric cooperatives (ECs) are being urged to take ‘embedded power generation’ as added recourse to ensure that their services to consumers are not disrupted. This has been the call set out by the National...
Despite the torment of the lingering pandemic, the country’s electric cooperatives (ECs) were able to expand their new customers by 10.67 percent in the first quarter this year versus the same period in 2020. Data from the National Electrification Administration (NEA) showed that ECs customers’...
The National Electrification Administration (NEA) is seeking write-off of the consumers’ “worthless receivables”, including those whose records have been destroyed or already impossible to be retrieved. In particular, NEA indicated in an addendum that it is providing clarification to the...
Breach of ‘outage allowance’ The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) had served summons to at least 17 power generation companies (GenCos) “to explain the unplanned outages that breached the maximum allowable unplanned outage days per year.” In a statement to the media, the ERC emphasized...
With many of the country’s electric cooperatives (ECs) still getting back on their feet following last year’s wallop of disasters and most still prepping for recovery from the health crisis, the National Electrification Administration (NEA) reported that loan portfolios extended to these rural...
In spite of the demand slump ignited by the Covid-19 pandemic, the country’s electric cooperatives (ECs) still managed to post 2.0-percent growth in their electricity sales last year, which was quite a feat in such scathing times of a crisis. In data released by the Information Technology and...
The country’s electric cooperatives (ECs) are prodded to undertake their competitive selection process (CSP) on power supply agreements (PSAs) to guarantee that they will not suffer supply shortages in the immediate term, especially with the portended economic recovery post-pandemic. To ensure...
To rehabilitate its facilities that were struck down by strong typhoons last year, the Marinduque Electric Cooperative (MARELCO) was granted and disbursed a calamity loan of P3.322 million from the National Electrification Administration. According to the NEA’s accounts management and guarantee...
