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The National Electrification Administration (NEA) issued Institutional Advisory No. 45 urging all members of the Board of Directors, General Managers, officials and employees of the electric cooperatives (ECs) to undergo random drug testing. Within 15 days from the receipt hereof, ECs are directed to submit to NEA a list of all activities conducted to comply with the said advisory.
This is pursuant to NEA Advisory to all ECs dated 15 December 2016 and in compliance with Republic Act No. 9165, otherwise known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, specifically Article III, Section 36, Item (d), and Department of Labor (DOLE) Department Order No. 53-03, Series of 2003, Guidelines for the Implementation of a Drug-Free Workplace and Programs for the Private Sector.###
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The National Electrification Administration (NEA) has extended a total of P960.85 million worth of loans, including calamity loans, to 31 electric cooperatives (ECs) from 1 January to 31 August 2022.
Based on the latest data from the NEA Accounts Management and Guarantee Department (AMGD), P505.76 million of the said amount went to 10 ECs as calamity loans used for the repair and rehabilitation of their damaged power distribution systems due to previous typhoons Kiko and Odette. These were the Batanes Electric Cooperative, Inc. (BATANELCO), Palawan Electric Cooperative, Inc. (PALECO), Bohol I Electric Cooperative, Inc. (BOHECO I), Bohol II Electric Cooperative, Inc. (BOHECO II), Cebu I Electric Cooperative, Inc. (CEBECO I), Negros Oriental I Electric Cooperative, Inc. (NORECO I), Leyte IV Electric Cooperative, Inc. (LEYECO IV), Southern Leyte Electric Cooperative, Inc. (SOLECO), Misamis Oriental II Electric Cooperative, Inc. (MORESCO II) and Surigao del Norte Electric Cooperative, Inc. (SURNECO).
Read more: NEA LOANS TO ELECTRIC COOPS HIT P960.85 MILLION AS OF END-AUGUST
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National Electrification Administration (NEA) Administrator Emmanuel P. Juaneza, together with other energy officials headed by Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Raphael P.M. Lotilla, attended the Public Hearing of the Senate Committee on Energy on Tuesday, 6 September 2022.
Committee on Energy Chairman Sen. Raffy Tulfo presided the hearing which focused on the issue of recurrent brownouts in Occidental Mindoro. Energy officials were asked about the power supply situation in the province. Currently, Occidental Mindoro is not connected to the Luzon Grid and has only one power supplier, the Occidental Mindoro Consolidated Power Corporation (OMCPC).
Read more: NEA EXPLAINS WHY THE POWER SUPPLY AGREEMENTS IN OCCIDENTAL MINDORO WERE AWARDED TO OMCPC
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As the Russian-Ukraine conflict continues to cause the upticking of price of petroleum products, the National Electrification Administration (NEA) enjoined all the Electric Cooperatives (ECs) to adopt a Fifteen-day Fuel Consumption Monitoring cycle for EC service vehicles and other operational equipment/vehicle such as boom truck and pole digger. The monitoring scheme will be used as a tool for the ECs to mitigate the impact of the incessant oil price increases and ensure sufficient budget allocation for their fuel consumption.
ECs are likewise directed to submit their respective courses of action to further cut fuel costs, for documentation and benchmarking purposes of other ECs on prudent fuel consumption.
This is relative to EC Advisory regarding the Observance of Cost Reduction/Austerity Measures on Fuel dated 23 June 2022.###
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An impending curtailment of electricity had the Sultan Kudarat Electric Cooperative, Inc. (SUKELCO) buy 120,000 liters of diesel fuel for Kalamansig Diesel Power Plant (KDPP) of the National Power Corporation-Small Power Utility Group (NPC-SPUG).
The power plant was set to run out of diesel fuel on 25 August 2022, to affect the whole area of the Municipalities of Kalamansig and Lebak, 11 barangays in Palimbang and two barangays in Esperanza, all in the Province of Sultan Kudarat, and Sitio Guila-guila, Brgy. Kuya in the Municipality of Upi, Maguindanao.
Read more: SUKELCO MANAGEMENT ACTION SAVED FRANCHISE AREA FROM DARKNESS
