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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.

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 supervisory powers.

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.

A group of electric cooperatives and member-consumer-owners have thrown their support to Senator Sherwin Gatchalian who is seeking a fresh term in the Senate in the upcoming May 2022 national elections.

Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday, Feb. 3, promised to make electric cooperatives (ECs) a part of the “energy family” if she’s elected president in the May 2022 polls, rejecting proposals to privatize the cooperatives.

Detained Senator Leila de Lima on Wednesday urged the Senate to reject the measure that seeks to grant a franchise to Bicol Light and Power Corp. (Bicol Light).

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.

Presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has called on electric cooperatives in Luzon and Mindanao spared from the onslaught of Typhoon “Odette” to send help to areas affected for immediate restoration of their power supply.

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.

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.

Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has joined calls for a congressional inquiry into the alleged forceful take over of the Bengue Electric Cooperative (BENECO) offices to shed light on the circumstances leading to changes in its management.

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.

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 for the 2019 midterm elections.

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.

The country’s electric cooperatives (ECs) are offering their sites for the government-underpinned Covid-19 inoculation program, which targets to attain herd immunity for the Philippine population against the dreaded virus.

The Department of Energy (DOE) has officially directed power distribution utilities and electric cooperatives (ECs) on ‘extended no-disconnection policy’ for lifeline residential customers or those that have electricity consumption of 100 kilowatt-hours or less.

The country’s electric cooperatives (ECs) have raised alarm of highly probable ‘cash flow disruption’ from overly extended ‘no disconnection policy’, as being pushed by some government leaders and interest groups.

Roughly 70-percent of the country’s electric cooperatives (ECs) scored ‘highest rating’ in a recent performance assessment carried out by the National Electrification Administration.