State-run National Electrification Administration asked all electric cooperatives to provide consumers a grace period and staggered payment for electricity bills falling due within the community quarantine period.
NEA Administrator Edgardo Masongsong issued Memorandum No. 2020-047, endorsing the recent advisory of the Department of Energy on providing a grace period to all power sector bills falling due during the community quarantine period.
“All electric cooperatives are enjoined to abide by the directives, specifically the implementation of 30-day grace period and staggered payment for unpaid bills, particularly those that fall due within the community quarantine period,” Masongsong said.
NEA supervises 121 electric cooperatives all over the country.
The directive is pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No.1021, extending the state of calamity declaration throughout the country for one year, or until Sept. 12, 2021, due to the coronavirus disease 2019