March 4, 2023

ECs mandated to submit ‘disaster response plans’

By Myrna M. Velasco – March 3, 2023, 3:50 PM from Manila Bulletin Before the country will be barreled anew by super typhoons or stricken by other disasters, the National Electrification Administration (NEA) has mandated the country’s electric cooperatives (ECs) […]
September 27, 2021

NEA gets P1.8-B electrification budget

By Myrna M. Velasco – September 26, 2021, 7:30 PM from Manila Bulletin Government-run National Electrification Administration (NEA) got an allocation of P1.8 billion budget only for its electrification mandate, enormously falling short of the P18 billion funding needed to […]
November 7, 2020

No assurance yet from DoE for ‘bright’ Christmas in Bicol

By Myrna M. Velasco – November 6, 2020, 3:08 PM from Manila Bulletin Santa Claus will soon be knocking on Filipino homes, but for the Bicol region, the Department of Energy (DOE) cannot give an assurance yet if they can […]
December 13, 2019

No funding for emergency power restoration

By Myrna M. Velasco – December 12, 2019, 10:00 PM from Manila Bulletin If consumers in typhoon-hit areas have been waiting longer for their power service to be brought back, that is because the emergency funding intended for such lacks […]