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The National Electrification Administration (NEA) reiterated the legal bases supervisory actions over electric cooperatives' operations and management. As stated in its previous media releases, the NEA cited that in the context of state regulation, the "Interference" in ECs' affairs comes as a matter of course in the exercise of NEA's mandate of supervision over their operations and management under the provisions of Presidential Decree (PD) 269 as amended by Republic Act (RA) No. 10531.

Supervisory actions such as the selection and hiring of EC general managers (GM) as in the case of the Benguet Electric Cooperative, Inc. (BENECO) are therefore lawful and were executed with due diligence. It is the collective action of the NEA Board of Administrators (NEA BOA) to appoint Atty. Ana Marie Rafael as the GM of BENECO, under the guidance of the NEA BOA Chairman.

The Electric Cooperatives (ECs) with exemplary performance were recognized by the National Electrification Administration (NEA) at the 2022 Golden Dagitab Award. EC representatives, mostly General Managers and Board Presidents, attended the occasion held at the NEA Building in Quezon City on 29 July 2022.

Financial, Institutional and Technical Awards were given. These include Lowest System Loss, Single Digit System Loss, Best in Collection Efficiency, Green Energy, Sitio Energization Program and Rural Electrification Program Distinction. Special Citations for the following were also awarded: Sunshine EC, Most Complying in Audit Observation, Sound Financial Position, High AGMA Attendance, TESDA Accredited Assessment Center, Best Practices on Corporate Social Responsibility, Fully Liquidated Subsidy Fund, Advance Payment to NEA, Consistent Green and Compact of Cooperation.