The National Electrification Administration (NEA) has rolled out a series of regional summits and workshops aimed at enhancing all plans of electric cooperatives (ECs) related to disaster resiliency and response.

The NEA through its Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Department (DRRMD) has been leading this initiative, which cover the formulation, updating, and approval of the ECs’ Emergency Response Plan, Vulnerability and Risk Assessment, Mitigation Plan, and Resiliency Compliance Plan.

The regional three-day summit and workshops have been organized into six legs. The main objective is to assist the ECs in upgrading their plans, reflecting the evolving needs of their respective organizations.

NEA-DRRMD Acting Department Manager Engr. Eric Campoto said the sessions do not just gather rural electrification stakeholders, but are “critical steps towards shaping the future of our energy infrastructure and the safety and well-being of the communities we serve.”

“𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 — 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴,” he noted.

The first leg of the workshops began last 19-21 February 2025 hosted by the NEA at its auditorium in Quezon City for the ECs in Southern Luzon. Central Luzon ECs participated in the second leg hosted by the Pampanga I Electric Cooperative, Inc. (PELCO I) last 4-6 March 2025 in Mexico, Pampanga.

The third leg was completed recently from 18-20 March 2025 hosted by the Benguet Electric Cooperative (BENECO) in Baguio City with Northern Luzon ECs as participants, including Romblon Electric Cooperative, Inc. (ROMELCO) and Sorsogon II Electric Cooperative, Inc. (SORECO II).

The Visayas-based ECs will participate in the fourth leg as it shifts to Toledo City, Cebu from 25-27 March 2025.

The regional workshops will wrap up in Mindanao next month to be held in Butuan City from 1-3 April 2025 and the Davao del Sur Electric Cooperative, Inc. (DASURECO) headquarters in Digos City from 22-24 April 2025. ###