The country’s electric cooperatives (ECs) are mandated by the National Electrification Administration (NEA) to adhere to their committed service connections, so the country could achieve its full electrification goal up to the household level on or before the end of the Marcos administration in...
Government-run National Electrification Administration (NEA) reported that it extended P934.56-million worth of loans to at least 24 electric cooperatives (EC) as of end-October this year. The electrification agency emphasized that the released loans to ECs had been anchored on its Enhanced Lending...
The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has prescribed a two-tiered review process before the power supply agreements (PSAs) or contracts underwritten via competitive selection process (CSP) could secure regulatory approval. That has been the main stipulation in the new CSP guidelines that was...
Via its continuing caravan, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has already started scrutiny of the power supply agreements (PSAs) underwritten by servicing power utilities in the off-grid domains or those that are not physically connected to the main grid. The examination of the power supply...
Government-run National Electrification Administration (NEA) and US digital communications firm Cisco have cemented a tie-up for digital tool application that will aid the Marcos administration’s goal of pursuing 100% electrification of all households nationwide. The partnership, which is...
ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) House Deputy Majority Leader and ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo is calling for a review by Congress of all franchises of power companies--including electric cooperatives--in...
The National Electrification Administration (NEA) is intensifying its coordination with the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) for investigation as well as possible prosecution of criminal acts being committed by officials of the country’s electric...
Government-run National Electrification Administration (NEA) will create regional procurement hubs to fast-track the project implementation of the country's 121 electric cooperatives (ECs). According to NEA Administrator Antonio Mariano C. Almeda, the planned regional procurements would be part of...
The country’s electric cooperatives (ECs) have been warned on tapping blacklisted contractors as this could delay critical projects, especially on executing subsidy-funded endeavors, according to the National Electrification Administration. Memorandum 2023-23 issued by NEA directed power utilities...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian’s re-election bid has snowballed with the declaration of endorsement of his candidacy from the Association of Visayas Electric Cooperatives (AVEC) and various players in the energy industry in a recently held e-rally. In their statement of support to Gatchalian, AVEC...
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...
Vice President Leni Robredo is proposing a three-step solution to address the electricity problems and power outages in the Bicol region and the rest of the country. What are they? Read on. Vice President Leni Robredo (VPLR Media Bureau) In an interview with Radyo Veritas on Wednesday, March 2, the...
