The Senate is set to call for an inquiry on the plans and preparations of the Department of Energy (DOE) and other power industry stakeholders to assure the public that there would...
Pres. Rodrigo Duterte has signed a modified Executive Order (EO) 156, which provides for the transfer of ailing electric cooperatives’ (EC) operations from the National Electrification Administration (NEA) to the Office of...
Local distributor Benguet Electric Cooperative, Inc. (BENECO) is calling on the Department of Energy (DOE) to review its policy in issuing Hydropower Service Contracts (HSC) to electric cooperatives. In a letter shared...
The Department of Energy’s (DOE) recommendation to review the legislative franchises of at least 17 electric cooperatives was revoked due to alleged procedural lapses. The Philippine Rural Electric Cooperatives Association Inc. (PHILRECA)...
Electric cooperatives (ECs) in the country are opposing the Department of Energy’s (DOE) move to cancel the legislative-issued franchises of at least 17 ECs. The energy department confirmed the submission of the...
Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Alfonso Cusi has issued a review of the compliance of power coops to the service requirements of their own franchises. The review will be done after the...
The National Electrification Administration (NEA) has developed a credit guarantee program and facility for electric cooperatives (ECs) and has lent a total of P1.403 billion by the end of August 2016. “This...
