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In NEA Memorandum No. 2023-09, all electric cooperatives (ECs) are reminded to adhere to ERC Resolution No. 26, Series of 2009 entitled, "Resolution Amending the Rules for Approval of Regulated Entities' Capital Expenditure Projects" to ensure the timely, appropriate, necessary, and cost-efficient CAPEX Projects.
The said ERC resolution includes the "Electric Cooperative Distribution Utility Planning Manual." It serves as a guide for the ECs' expansion and improvement of distribution facilities through the acquisition of assets necessary to respond to the needs of consumers and meet the safety, performance standards and regulatory requirements as well as their respective structural and/or institutional planning and development.
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In a memorandum dated 14 February 2023, the National Electrification Administration (NEA) reminded the electric cooperatives (ECs) to submit their reportorial requirements for the EC Overall Performance Assessment.
Pursuant to the mandate under Republic Act No. 9136 and Republic Act No. 10531, the assessment of the overall performance of electric cooperatives shall commence on 28 February 2023, which is the last day for the submission of the requirements.
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The National Electrification Administration (NEA) has directed the Region I, Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) Electric Cooperatives (ECs) and the Sorsogon I Electric Cooperative, Inc. (SORECO I) (“Aggregation”) to report and explain the highly irregular process undertaken by it regarding the Competitive Selection Process (CSP) for the purchase of a aggregated power requirement of the participating ECs totaling to 130MW.
During a consultative meeting between NEA and the Aggregation last February 9, 2023, It was discovered that the Aggregation’s Joint Third Party Bids and Awards Committee earlier declared two (2) failed biddings on June 14, 2022 and December 9, 2022 when the bidders were found short of the requirements as prescribed under the pertinent Terms of Reference (TOR).
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PhP1.2 Billion worth of loans were extended by the National Electrification Administration (NEA) to thirty-five (35) electric cooperatives last year, according to the agency's Accounts Management and Guarantee Department (AMGD).
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Electric Cooperatives (ECs) nationwide are reminded to conduct regular district elections as mandated by the EC By-Laws.
In Memorandum No. 2023-07, NEA Administrator Antonio Mariano Almeda said that there shall be no deferment of elections except for the serious causes specified under Article I, Section 4 of NEA Memorandum No. 2014-09 or the "Guidelines on the Conduct of District Elections for ECs."
The serious causes include violence, terrorism, loss or destruction of election paraphernalia or records, force majeure and holding a free, honest, and orderly election is impossible.
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