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SOLAR TECHNOLOGY TO FAST-TRACK RURAL ELECTRIFICATION – MASONGSONG

The National Electrification Administration (NEA) is looking at solar photovoltaic (PV) systems and other alternatives to speed up electrification in rural and remote areas where about two million households are still waiting for steady and reliable power services. NEA Administrator Edgardo Masongsong said the agency has began exploring several strategies to light up the remaining […]

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DICT-NEA AGREEMENT ON ‘GRASSROOTS’ BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS TO BOOST COUNTRYSIDE DEVELOPMENT — PIMENTEL

Senator Koko Pimentel III praised a newly-signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on broadband Internet access between the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), the National Electrification Administration (NEA) and one of the largest electric coop groups in the country as “a milestone that will boost modernization and development in the countryside.” DICT, NEA and […]

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NEA FORMS TASK FORCE TO ADDRESS ZAMBOANGA CITY’S POWER WOES – MASONGSONG

State-run National Electrification Administration (NEA) has formed a task force and a management team to temporarily oversee the management and operations of a debt-saddled electric cooperative in Zamboanga City, days after the stakeholders’ meeting. NEA Administrator Edgardo Masongsong issued Office Order No. 2018-073 creating the Task Force Duterte Zamboanga City Power (TFD-ZCP) “to address the […]

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INFUSE NEW TECHNOLOGY IN ELECTRIFICATION OF ISOLATED ISLANDS, REMOTE AREAS – GATCHALIAN

Senator Win Gatchalian wants to infuse new technology into the efforts to achieve 100-percent electrification in rural areas of the Philippines, especially in isolated islands and other remote areas. Gatchalian, who chairs the Senate Committee on Energy, said the goal of his committee is to encourage the Department of Energy to look for innovative solutions […]

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NEA AFFIRMS SUPPORT TO NATIONAL BROADBAND PLAN – MASONGSONG

Widespread availability of high-speed and affordable broadband access to the internet in remote and rural areas of the country will soon be a reality through the electric cooperatives (ECs). The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has officially tapped the ECs under the supervision of the National Electrification Administration (NEA) for the “last mile” […]

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SUPPORT NOGRALES, DEFEND ‘PEOPLE’S BUDGET’ – ELECTRIC COOPS

With budget deliberations in the House of Representatives (HOR) on hold because of clashing views on the cash-based budgeting system being pushed by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), electric cooperative groups on Thursday called on legislators to close ranks behind House Appropriations Committee Chair Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles. According to the electric cooperative […]

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HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS PANEL ASSURES CONTINUED FUNDING FOR RURAL ELECTRIFICATION – NOGRALES

The House Committee on Appropriations has recognized the need for more funding to fully implement the government’s rural electrification program that has energized 12.447 million Filipino households across the country to date. This, after Davao City 1st District Rep. Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles, Committee on Appropriations chair noticed that the proposed budget for the Sitio […]

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EMPOWER ‘PROBINSYANOS’ – NOGRALES

House Appropriations Chairperson Rep. Karlo “Ang Probinsyano” Nograles on Tuesday again asked why the budget of a critical government office had been slashed, as he quizzed Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi during the Department of Energy’s (DOE) budget deliberations regarding the budget of the National Electrification Administration (NEA), which was reduced from 1.8 billion pesos in […]

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NEA REMAINS TRUE TO MANDATE OF BRINGING POWER TO REMOTE AREAS -MASONGSONG

State-run National Electrification Administration (NEA) marked its month-long observance of the 9th National Electrification Awareness Month (NEAM) and the 49th Founding Anniversary of the agency by trumpeting the gains of the government’s rural electrification programs for nearly five decades. In his welcome remarks at the opening ceremony of the NEA-EC Consultative Conference on Monday (August […]

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NEA TO PURSUE RURAL ELECTRIFICATION MANDATE DESPITE BUDGET CONSTRAINTS — MASONGSONG

Budget limitations will not deter the state-run National Electrification Administration (NEA) from its commitment to bring electricity to every household in the far-flung corners of the country. NEA Administrator Edgardo Masongsong reiterated this on Wednesday as he revealed that the agency would be receiving P1.163 billion from the national government to finance electrification projects for […]