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The National Electrification Administration (NEA) entered into a partnership with the Maharlika Investment Corporation (MIC) to improve the electrical infrastructure of Palawan Electric Cooperative (PALECO).
NEA Administrator Antonio Mariano Almeda signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with MIC President and CEO Rafael Consing, Jr. and PALECO General Manager Engr. Rez Contrivida in a ceremony held Thursday, 23 May 2024, at the NEA office in Quezon City.
Read more: NEA Forges Pact with MIC, PALECO to Address Power Supply Issues in Palawan
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The National Electrification Administration (NEA) has collaborated with the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the Association of Isolated Electric Cooperatives, Inc. (AIEC) to develop a supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system for off-grid electric cooperatives (ECs).
Read more: NEA TEAMS UP WITH DOST, AIEC TO DEVELOP SCADA SYSTEM FOR OFF- GRID ECS
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The National Electrification Administration (NEA) and Maharlika Investment Corporation (MIC) held a meeting on Tuesday to discuss future plans aimed at improving the power supply and distribution systems for the provinces of Occidental and Oriental Mindoro.
NEA Administrator Antonio Mariano Almeda and MIC President/CEO Rafael Consing, Jr. met at the former’s office in Diliman, Quezon City—pursuant to the MIC’s Memorandum of Agreement with the local government units (LGUs) and electric cooperatives (ECs) of both provinces.
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The National Electrification Administration (NEA) gathered key electric cooperative (EC) officials in a summit with the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) on Friday, May 10, to discuss its “Anti-Bill Shock” lending program and other services that can help resolve the ECs’ ongoing financial challenges.
NEA Administrator Antonio Mariano Almeda initiated the forum in light of the recent power grid updates that triggered rising electricity costs, causing financial stress to many customers, including the EC member-consumer-owners (MCOs).
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On 6 May 2024, the National Electrification Administration (NEA) Administrator Antonio Mariano C. Almeda personally endorsed several of the NEA’s administrative cases to the Department of Justice (DOJ). Almeda met with DOJ Undersecretary Jose R. Cadiz, Jr., referring several cases for the proper determination of possible criminal liabilities therein. The Electric Cooperatives (ECs) subject of the said cases include:
The Negros Occidental Electric Cooperative (NOCECO), wherein the NEA found the respondents therein administratively liable for having unduly granted themselves salaries, allowances, and benefits over and above the NEA’s Guidelines and without the NEA’s explicit approval, amounting to roughly Eighty-Two Million Pesos (PHP82,000,000.00) over the span of roughly three (3) years;
Read more: NEA ENDORSES TO THE DOJ SEVERAL CASES INVOLVING ERRING ECS
