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The National Electrification Administration (NEA) organized an inter-agency coordination meeting on the concerns of the Federation of International Cable TV and Telecommunications Association of the Philippines (FICTAP) on the Standard Joint Pole Rental Agreement.
Based on NEA Memorandum No. 2018-055, the maximum pole rental rate is P420 per cable position per pole per annum. NEA Deputy Administrator for Technical Services Ernesto O. Silvano, Jr. presented to FICTAP the detailed computation of the pole rental rate which was formulated last 2018. FICTAP National Chair Estrellita Juliano-Tamano appealed to NEA to lower the said rental charge and have them consulted on the formulation of a new rate. In response, NEA Administrator Emmanuel P. Juaneza said that the agency will review immediately the said computation. A Technical Working Group will be formed and proper consultation with the stakeholders will also be conducted. In the meantime, the current rate will still be in place.
Read more: NEA HEARS FICTAP'S CONCERNS ON JOINT POLE RENTAL AGREEMENT
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The National Electrification Administration offered Occidental Mindoro Electric Cooperative, Inc. (OMECO) an emergency loan amounting to PhP50 Million to avert blackouts in the province.
The said commitment of NEA is one of the identified short-term solutions to the power supply problem during the Occidental Mindoro Power Forum last Friday, 23 September 2022.
NEA Administrator Emmanuel P. Juaneza said that the PhP50 Million will be used for fuel procurement of Occidental Mindoro Consolidated Power Corp. (OMCPC), the lone power provider of OMECO.
Read more: NEA OFFERS AN EMERGENCY LOAN TO OMECO TO AVERT POWER SUPPLY PROBLEM
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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) reminded the electric cooperatives (ECs) nationwide to follow up on the status of their Tariff Glide Path (TGP) applications lodged before the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC).
In its Regulatory Advisory No. 2022-07, NEA likewise directed the ECs to update the agency on the status of their respective rate adjustments, the provisional authority issued, non-application or pending application, or intention to file one, whichever is applicable. NEA Regulatory Affairs Office also requested the ECs a copy of the follow-up request to ERC.
Tariff Glide Path was formulated to allow all ECs to adjust their respective tariff rates in accordance with established principles, procedures and within the reglementary period set forth by the ERC, based on the Rules Setting the Electric Cooperatives' Wheeling Rates (RSEC-WR).
Read more: NEA TO ECs: FOLLOW UP YOUR TARIFF GLIDE PATH APPLICATIONS LODGED BEFORE THE ERC
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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
