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 […]
September 23, 2021

NEA releases P455-M loans to electric coops

By Myrna M. Velasco – September 22, 2021, 3:01 PM from Manila Bulletin With typhoons aiming their blows on the country again, the National Electrification Administration (NEA) announced that it has been accelerating the release of loans to the country’s […]
September 10, 2021

Power contingency measures pushed

By Myrna M. Velasco – September 9, 2021, 5:53 PM from Manila Bulletin After massive power interruptions that affected more than 1.5 million Filipino customers as an aftermath of tropical storm Jolina, Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi is calling on […]
September 9, 2021

Over 500,000 consumers suffer brownouts; but DOE chief is busy with politics

By Myrna M. Velasco – September 8, 2021, 6:02 PM from Manila Bulletin More than 500,000 customers in Luzon and thousands more of Visayas customers suffered brownouts because of typhoon-induced trippings of transmission lines as well as damages incurred by […]