May 14, 2018

Electric coops worried over entry of private firms in rural areas

By REY G. PANALIGAN – 12 May 2018 from Manila Bulletin More than 100 electric cooperatives (ECs) which are non-stock and non-profit organizations have expressed apprehensions over the government’s plan to allow private corporations to enter the rural electrification business […]
April 18, 2018

ECs thumb down entry of private firms in their franchise areas

By Myrna M. Velasco – April 17, 2018, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin The country’s electric cooperatives (ECs) are refusing the entry of deep-pocketed third party investors in their respective franchise areas, including those that had been rendered ‘unviable’ for […]
April 14, 2018

Co-ops oppose DoE move to allow private sector in rural electrification

By Alena Mae S. Flores – April 13, 2018 at 08:00 pm from manilastandard.net Electric cooperatives have expressed concern over the move of the Energy Department to allow private investors to go into rural electrification. Leaders of several electric cooperative […]
March 13, 2018

Duterte: Firms must join rural electrification drive

By Jordeene Sheex Lagare – March 13, 2018 from The Manila Times President Rodrigo Duterte has instructed the Department of Energy (DoE) and the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to allow the private sector to participate in the complete electrification of […]