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...
State-run National Power Corporation (NPC) is seeking regulatory approval on the pass-on of P7.562 billion worth of under-recoveries on universal charge for missionary electrification (UCME), or that subsidy component being passed on to all ratepayers to fund energization of off-grid and far flung...
For consumers served by the country’s 121 electric cooperatives, electrification level already topped 14-million customer connections, according to the National Electrification Administration (NEA). Based on data released by the agency’s Information Technology and Communication Services...
Consumers being served by the Bantayan Island Electric Cooperative (BANELCO) could expect full electrification of the entire area by year 2022, based on the energization program being cast by the power utility. As noted by BANELCO General Manager Lee Rivera, “our main objective is total...
For rural electrification Government-run National Electrification Administration (NEA) is supporting the move of some legislators who are seeking the reinstatement of P9.0 billion allocation for the country’s electrification program. It was the ‘power bloc’ in the House of Representatives...
