March 15, 2021

Electric coops top 14-M customer-connections

By Myrna M. Velasco – March 15, 2021, 7:00 AM from Manila Bulletin Despite funding shortfall precipitated by the pandemic, the National Electrification Administration (NEA) reported that the country’s electric cooperatives (ECs) still surpassed its targeted 14 million customer-connections as […]
March 11, 2021

Power co-ops beat 2020 new connections target

By Angelica Y. Yang – March 9, 2021 | 7:32 pm from Business World PHILSTAR National Electrification Administration (NEA) PHILSTAR ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES (ECs) connected 522,905 new power consumers last year, beating the target set for them by 14%, the National Electrification […]
January 28, 2020

2 typhoons wreak ₱1.48-B damage to electric coops

By Myrna M. Velasco – January 27, 2020, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin Electric cooperatives (ECs) in the Bicol region and many parts of Visayas are still reeling hard from the plague of two typhoons last month, with the total […]
January 23, 2020

Storms’ damage to electric co-ops facilities at P1.49 billion

By Lenie Lectura -January 23, 2020 from Business Mirror Damage to electric cooperatives’ (ECs) facilities brought about by the recent typhoons reached P1.491 billion, the National Electrification Administration (NEA) said Wednesday. The NEA-Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Department (NEA-DRRMD) reported […]