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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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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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The National Electrification Administration (NEA) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) created a Unified Pole Relocation Database template to organize a comprehensive list of electric cooperative (EC) utility poles and facilities affected by road widening projects.
In a memorandum dated 21 September 2023, NEA instructed the ECs to coordinate with the implementing offices of DPWH covering their service areas to ensure that all power distribution line sections affected by public infrastructure projects, from 2017 onwards, are included in the unified database.
This developed following a 15 August 2023 meeting held between the two agencies in order to reconcile and consolidate their respective master lists. DPWH used Road Section/Station Limits while NEA utilized Line Segments.
Read more: NEA AND DPWH CREATE UNIFIED POLE RELOCATION DATABASE
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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.
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Based on the data of the National Electrification Administration's (NEA) Accounting Management and Guarantee Department (AMGD), the agency extended PhP846.71 million worth of loans to 22 Electric Cooperatives (ECs) as of 31 August 2023.
Read more: NEA LOANS TO ECS HIT PHP846.71 MILLION AS OF AUGUST 2023
