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NEA lays down parameters on EC tax exemptions

State-run National Electrification Administration (NEA) said Tuesday it laid down the specific financial and operational parameters for electric cooperatives (ECs) planning to seek exemptions...

Electric co-ops still slow in restoring power to the provinces

Lack of capital impedes the capacity of ECs to respond to disasters. Fallen electric poles and interrupted power services are the telltale damage of a...

Meralco ready to work with electric cooperatives to power the countryside

Manila Electric Company (Meralco), the country’s most technologically-advanced distribution utility, said its existing critical infrastructure can readily be used by electric cooperatives (ECs) to...

SC says exclusive franchises of electric coops unconstitutional

The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday said electric cooperatives do not have the constitutional right to an exclusive franchise within their coverage areas. “A franchise,...

Storms affect 22 electric cooperatives across 15 provinces—NEA

The National Electrification Administration said Thursday 22 electric cooperatives (ECs) from 15 provinces and six regions were affected by super typhoon ‘Carina’ and the...

NEA tells ECs to tap anti-bill shock program

State-run National Electrification Administration (NEA) asked electric cooperatives (EC) during a summit Friday to avail of Land Bank of the Philippines’ (LBP) “Anti-Bill Shock”...

Power summit

National Electrification Administration administrator Antonio Mariano Almeda (fourth from left) leads the 2024 NEA-EC Summit on April 1, 2024 where NEA stakeholders and its...

Gatchalian asks ECs to lower power costs, pushes RE use

Senator Sherwin Gatchalian urged electric cooperatives (ECs) to find ways to lower power costs for the benefit of consumers as he pushed for the...

NEA facilitates P1b worth of loans to 28 electric co-ops

State-owned National Electrification Administration (NEA) said Thursday it facilitated P1 billion worth of loans to 28 electric cooperatives (ECs) in 2023. Latest report from NEA’s...

Mindanao residents get wider access to sustainable power

The National Electrification Administration (NEA) said Wednesday Mindanao residents received additional access to sustainable electrification from electric cooperatives (ECs) involved in the Integration of...

Meralco eyes electric coops to reach more provinces

Power retailer Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) plans to expand its distribution network through electric cooperatives, a top executive said Thursday. “There is one last idea...

NEA lends P846.7m to electric cooperatives

State-run National Electrification Administration (NEA) said over the weekend it extended P846.71 million worth of loans to 22 electric cooperatives as of end-August 2023. Data...

NEA grants P560m worth of loans to electric cooperatives

The National Electrification Administration said it granted P560.66 million worth of loans to 18 electric cooperatives as of end-June 2023. Data gathered from the NEA’s...

NEA asks ERC to intervene in supply over-contracting by electric coops

State-run National Electrification Administration asked the Energy Regulatory Commission to intervene in cases of over-contracting of supply by electric cooperatives. NEA administrator Antonio Mariano Almeda...
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