August 3, 2024

SC: Exclusive Franchises are Prohibited by the Constitution

August 1, 2024 From sc.judiciary.gov.ph Electric cooperatives do not have a constitutional right to an exclusive franchise within their coverage areas. This was the ruling of the Supreme Court En Banc in a Decision dated July 30, 2024, penned by […]
November 4, 2020

ECs deploy over 300 line workers on Bicol power restoration

By Myrna M. Velasco – November 3, 2020, 4:53 PM from Manila Bulletin In the spirit of ‘civic unity’ or bayanihan, the country’s electric cooperatives (EC) are deploying hundreds of their workers so electricity service restoration in the typhoon-crumbled provinces […]
September 2, 2020

P3.5-B yearly subsidy eyed for lifeline power consumers

By Myrna M. Velasco – September 2, 2020, 6:00 AM from Manila Bulletin Consumers served by electric cooperatives (ECs) that are classified as ‘lifeliners’ had been proposed to receive discounts worth P1,000.00 annually on their electric bills–  or for all […]
April 15, 2020

PSALM hikes power capacity of Mindanao co-ops

By Lenie Lectura -April 14, 2020 from Business Mirror THE Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) said it has increased the power allocation of two Mindanao electric cooperatives (ECs) to help them provide uninterrupted service for the duration […]