State-run National Electrification Administration (NEA) touted the strategic partnership between the two national organizations of electric cooperatives aimed at pushing forward the welfare and interest of the ECs and the power consumers in light of the recent challenges facing the rural electrification sector.
Administrator Edgardo Masongsong expressed delight at the decision of the Philippine Rural Electric Cooperatives Association, Inc. (PHILRECA) and Philippine Federation of Electric Cooperatives (PHILFECO) to elevate their relationship to a strategic partnership, describing it as an important milestone.
“This development betrays the fact that EC allied organizations can go beyond past issues and unite for a common cause. This can only be good, not only for the electrification sector but also, for the interest of the member-consumer-owners,” Masongsong said.
“I hope this strategic partnership continues and outlives the present dispensation as this paves the way for more free-flowing collaborative exchanges, which also redound to vast potentials in terms of service delivery and innovations in rural electrification,” the NEA chief added.
Both leaders of PHILRECA and PHILFECO recently joined forces to advance the interest of the ECs for the benefit of their member-consumer-owners (MCOs).
“This only shows that we’re getting stronger. With this unification, I can say that we have already achieved our goal of having a solid and unified group,” said Presley De Jesus, PHILRECA president.
PHILFECO chairman, General Manager David Solomon Siquian of the Isabela II Electric Cooperative (ISELCO II), agreed.
“The PHILRECA-PHILFECO partnership is a proof that the officers of electric cooperatives have been united in principle in protecting and defending the cause, interest, and right of every Electric Cooperative in the Philippines,” he said.
“This alliance between PHILRECA and PHILFECO will be an inspiration to all vanguards and warriors of light and will essentially contribute to MCOs empowerment and to a sustainable rural development,” Siquian added.
This alliance between PHILRECA and PHILFECO will be an inspiration to all vanguards and warriors of light and will essentially contribute to MCOs empowerment and to a sustainable rural development.
The strategic partnership was agreed upon during the PHILFECO Board meeting held at the ISLECO II headquarters in Ilagan City, Isabela earlier this month. It was attended by both the NEA chief and PHILRECA president.
Recently, PHILRECA issued a resolution approving the inclusion of PHILFECO chairman as an ex-officio member of the PHILRECA Board to represent the ECs registered with the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA).
PHILFECO also passed the same resolution approving the proposal to include the PHILRECA president as an ex-officio member of the PHILFECO Board to represent all NEA-supervised ECs.
PHILRECA is a non-stock, non-profit national organization comprised of 121 electric cooperatives operating in the country. PHILFECO, on the other hand, represents 12 ECs that are registered with CDA.