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DOE, ELECTRIC COOPS SHOULD HAVE DIALOGUE ON CUSI RESIGNATION CALL – MASONGSONG

The National Electrification Administration (NEA) has called on the officials of the Department of Energy (DOE) and the leaders of electric cooperatives (ECs) to engage in a dialogue. NEA Administrator Edgardo Masongsong made the appeal after the Philippine Rural Electric Cooperatives, Inc. (Philreca) declared Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi as “persona non-grata” and called for his […]

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NEW DOUBTS, FEARS OVER ‘UNDERHANDED’ ENTRY OF PRIVATE GROUPS IN POWER SECTOR – ELECTRIC COOPS

Two of the biggest electric cooperative (EC) groups in the country expressed grave concerns over the “publicity-driven” attempts of a private for-profit entity wanting to enter the power sector to “paint itself as a savior of rural electrification,” in what they tagged as a “concerted drive to undermine grassroots people’s organizations deeply embedded in the […]