Categories
Government

MORE TYPHOON-AFFECTED POWER COOPS GET CALAMITY LOANS – NEA

More electric cooperatives (ECs) have received calamity loans from the National Electrification Administration (NEA) for the rehabilitation of their power distribution facilities due to the onslaught of Typhoon “Tisoy” in December last year.  Latest data from the NEA Accounts Management and Guarantee Department (AMGD) showed that the electrification agency released P51.596-million in calamity loans to six […]

Categories
Government

CALAMITY LOANS EXTENDED TO TISOY-HIT POWER COOPS – NEA

The National Electrification Administration (NEA) has extended calamity loans to electric cooperatives (ECs) that have sustained significant damage during the onslaught of Typhoon Tisoy last December.  NEA Administrator Edgardo Masongsong said the state-run agency released P31.246 million worth of financial assistance to four ECs in the Bicol region and Mimaropa (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, and Palawan) […]

Categories
Government

POWER RESTORATION IN TYPHOON-HIT AREAS NEAR COMPLETION — NEA

Some 25,300 households are still facing prolonged power outages in the wake of recent typhoons, but this number is expected to drop as more electric cooperatives (ECs) are about to complete all post-typhoon power restoration activities, the National Electrification Administration (NEA) said. The NEA through its Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Department (DRRMD) reported that […]

Categories
Government

MASONGSONG VISITS TYPHOON-HIT ELECTRIC COOPS IN WESTERN VISAYAS

Electric cooperatives (ECs) are sending additional line workers to assist with the continuing power restoration activities in Aklan, one of the badly-hit provinces by Typhoon Ursula late December last year.   National Electrification Administration (NEA) chief Edgardo Masongsong announced this development during his visit to the Aklan Electric Cooperative, Inc. (AKELCO) on Monday (January 6). “The […]

Categories
Politics

IMPOSE TAX ON SINGLE-USE PLASTIC BAGS – PANGILINAN

Senator Francis Pangilinan is urging the Senate to start deliberations on proposals seeking to impose an excise tax on single-use plastic bags. Pangilinan made the call after the House of Representatives committee on ways and means approved House Bill 178 which seeks to impose a P20 excise tax per kilogram of single-use plastic bags. “Malacañang […]

Categories
Government

TISOY-HIT POWER COOPS NEED P1-B IN ASSISTANCE — NEA

The National Electrification Administration (NEA) is asking for financial assistance that will be used to aid electric cooperatives (ECs) that were affected by Typhoon Tisoy (international name Kammuri) as damage to their distribution facilities has almost reached P1 billion. In a letter addressed to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), NEA Administrator Edgardo Masongsong appealed […]

Categories
Government

LACK OF FUNDING HINDERS ECERF LAW IMPLEMENTATION – NEA

The National Electrification Administration (NEA) said lack of funding is hindering the full implementation of Republic Act No. 11039, also known as Electric Cooperatives Emergency and Resiliency Fund (ECERF) Act aimed to assist the electric cooperatives (ECs) that have incurred damages from calamities, such as Typhoon Tisoy. NEA Administrator Edgardo Masongsong explained that the initial […]

Categories
Politics

ACTIVATE ELECTRIC COOP EMERGENCY FUND, RESTORE POWER IN TISOY-HIT AREAS – GATCHALIAN

Senator Win Gatchalian is calling on the National Electrification Administration (NEA) to make full use of the Electric Cooperatives Emergency and Resiliency Fund (ECERF) to ensure that the more than 1.8 million households affected by the onslaught of Typhoon Tisoy will have electricity ahead of Christmas. The ECERF, established by Republic Act 11039 or the […]

Categories
Government

TISOY LEAVES P300M DAMAGE TO POWER COOP FACILITIES — NEA

The initial cost of damage to power distribution facilities of electric cooperatives (ECs) from Typhoon Tisoy was estimated at P300 million as of Friday (December 6), the National Electrification Administration (NEA) disclosed.  According to Engr. Federico Villar, Jr., acting director of NEA Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Department (DRRMD), the amount is expected to go higher […]

Categories
Government

‘TASK FORCE KAPATID’ READY TO AID POWER COOPS HIT BY TISOY – NEA

The National Electrification Administration (NEA) is prepared to mobilize electric cooperative (EC) line workers under ‘Task Force Kapatid’ to assist on power restoration activities in areas affected by outages amid the onslaught of Typhoon Tisoy. According to Engr. Federico Villar, Jr., acting director of the NEA Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Department, there are at […]