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The National Electrification Administration (NEA) rated the performance of electric cooperatives (ECs) positively following the recently concluded 2023 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) based on the assessment of its Power Task Force Election (PTFE).
While there have been significant outages reported before, during, and after the polling period, which affected some precincts, the majority of the ECs managed to restore electricity service immediately, according to NEA Engineering Department Director Eric Villar.
Read more: NEA Assesses Power Co-ops' Performance During BSKE Operations
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The National Electrification Administration (NEA), along with the 121 electric cooperatives (ECs) under its watch, officially activates its 24-hour power situation monitoring system this 27 October 2023 to help ensure a smooth conduct of the upcoming Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE).
The state-owned corporation held a dry run of its round-the-clock electricity monitoring and reporting protocols last 25 October 2023, in compliance with the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Resolution No. 10924 dated 07 June 2023, concerning the synchronized BSKE on 30 October 2023.
Read more: NEA, ECs BEGIN 24-HOUR POWER SITUATION MONITORING AHEAD OF 2023 BSKE
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The National Electrification Administration (NEA) will soon be able to accurately map out areas without access to electricity after partnering with Cisco Philippines to develop a digital dashboard command center (DDCC).
According to NEA Administrator Antonio Mariano Almeda, electric cooperatives (ECs) with their own digital dashboards will have these connected to the agency’s digital command center.
“We can identify households that are not within the ‘gridable’ areas, or those that will not be viable for us to put up a distribution line,” Almeda told the Inquirer in an interview on Thursday.
Read more: Government Has New Tool to Find Areas Without Electricity
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Mindanaoans have been granted additional access to sustainable electrification as all electric cooperatives (ECs) involved in the Integration of Productive Uses of Renewable Energy (I-PURE) program delivered on their commitments, the National Electrification Administration (NEA) has reported.
I-PURE is a project funded by the European Union (EU) through its Access to Sustainable Energy Programme (ASEP). NEA serves as one of its key implementing partners in the Philippines, together with the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA), and supported by the Department of Energy (DOE).
Read more: NEA: MORE FILIPINOS REAP THE BENEFITS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY THRU EU-FUNDED I-PURE PROGRAM
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Administrator Antonio Mariano Almeda of the National Electrification Administration (NEA), attended the blessing and inauguration of the newly built Juanito E. Jorda, Jr. Development and Empowerment Center at the RENAGMEC Compound in Brgy. San Juan, Santa Rita, Samar.
The Development and Empowerment Center was named after the late general manager of Leyte V Electric Cooperative, Inc. (LEYECO V), who was one of the founders of Federation of Rural Electric Cooperatives of Region 8 (FRECOR 8), and the first RENAGMEC president.
