The National Electrification Administration (NEA) and Maharlika Investment Corporation (MIC) held a meeting on Tuesday to discuss future plans aimed at improving the power supply and distribution systems for the provinces of Occidental and Oriental Mindoro.

NEA Administrator Antonio Mariano Almeda and MIC President/CEO Rafael Consing, Jr. met at the former’s office in Diliman, Quezon City—pursuant to the MIC’s Memorandum of Agreement with the local government units (LGUs) and electric cooperatives (ECs) of both provinces.

The MIC—the implementing arm of the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF)—requested the assistance of NEA to plan, evaluate, and verify the status of the Mindoro Island Loop for the purposes of upgrading and/or rehabilitation of the same.

The NEA coordinated the partnership between the MIC, Occidental Mindoro Electric Cooperative, Inc. (OMECO), Oriental Mindoro Electric Cooperative, Inc. (ORMECO), and their respective provincial governments through a MOA signing ceremony last April 30.

Administrator Almeda said this development was meant to facilitate key energy distribution development projects to address the rotational brownouts in the Mindoro islands due to lack of reliable power supply.

“Reliable power precedes progress. By upgrading and rehabilitating the area’s existing electrical infrastructure, we can open the doors to further investments and socio-economic development,” the NEA chief said in his remarks at the MOA signing ceremony last week.

Also present during the meeting were MIC Chief of Staff Atty. Miguel Consing, NEA Deputy Administrators Atty. Vic Alvaro (Corporate Resources and Financial Services), Engr. Butch Silvano (Technical Services), Management and Consultancy Services Office (MCSO) department manager Atty. Ivan Darwin Zamora, and Accounts Management and Guarantee Department (AMGD) manager Rosie Alamillo. ###