The National Electrification Administration (NEA) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) created a Unified Pole Relocation Database template to organize a comprehensive list of electric cooperative (EC) utility poles and facilities affected by road widening projects.

In a memorandum dated 21 September 2023, NEA instructed the ECs to coordinate with the implementing offices of DPWH covering their service areas to ensure that all power distribution line sections affected by public infrastructure projects, from 2017 onwards, are included in the unified database.

This developed following a 15 August 2023 meeting held between the two agencies in order to reconcile and consolidate their respective master lists. DPWH used Road Section/Station Limits while NEA utilized Line Segments.

“Accordingly, DPWH and NEA agreed to use a harmonized template for uniform identification of electric facilities to be relocated and to identify the exact locations of the Obstructing and Affected Electric Facilities,” read an attached DPWH memo dated August 24, 2023.

The unified database will serve as basis for NEA's determination of funding requirements for completing all electric pole or facility relocation projects affected by DPWH's road expansion and construction activities. ###