April 18, 2020

NEA authorizes rural utilities to redirect funds to customer subsidies

By Adam J. Ang – Adam J. Ang from Business World THE National Electrification Administration (NEA) is allowing rural power utilities to realign their budgets to fund relief programs for poor electric consumers. In a statement Friday, the rural power […]
April 17, 2020

PIPPA rejects force majeure provision in PSAs with DUs and power co-ops

By Lenie Lectura -April 16, 2020 from Business Mirror The Philippine Independent Power Producers Association Inc. (PIPPA) has turned down a proposal for power-generation companies (gencos) to accept a force majeure (FM) provision of their power- supply agreements (PSAs) with […]
April 11, 2020

The Extension of Bill Collections of Electric Coops Injected an Unintended Virus that Need Immediate Reassessment….Or it can Put Them and Their Power Suppliers Unnecessarily in ICU.

David Celestra Tan, MSK 11 April 2020   While waiting for a COVID-19 Vaccine, the most effective interim measures are social distancing, home-in-place, sanitation, and testing. The government had done a good job, considering the limits of our resources, to […]
February 28, 2020

NEA chief: Pay hike of managers is legal

By Lenie Lectura -February 28, 2020 from Business Mirror National Electrification Administration (NEA) Administrator Edgardo Masongsong on Thursday denied allegations that he had abused his authority when he issued memoranda increasing the salaries and retirement benefits of general managers (GMs) […]