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The National Electrification Administration (NEA) reminded the electric cooperatives (ECs) nationwide to follow up on the status of their Tariff Glide Path (TGP) applications lodged before the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC).

In its Regulatory Advisory No. 2022-07, NEA likewise directed the ECs to update the agency on the status of their respective rate adjustments, the provisional authority issued, non-application or pending application, or intention to file one, whichever is applicable. NEA Regulatory Affairs Office also requested the ECs a copy of the follow-up request to ERC.

Tariff Glide Path was formulated to allow all ECs to adjust their respective tariff rates in accordance with established principles, procedures and within the reglementary period set forth by the ERC, based on the Rules Setting the Electric Cooperatives' Wheeling Rates (RSEC-WR).

The National Electrification Administration (NEA) issued Institutional Advisory No. 45 urging all members of the Board of Directors, General Managers, officials and employees of the electric cooperatives (ECs) to undergo random drug testing. Within 15 days from the receipt hereof, ECs are directed to submit to NEA a list of all activities conducted to comply with the said advisory.

This is pursuant to NEA Advisory to all ECs dated 15 December 2016 and in compliance with Republic Act No. 9165, otherwise known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002, specifically Article III, Section 36, Item (d), and Department of Labor (DOLE) Department Order No. 53-03, Series of 2003, Guidelines for the Implementation of a Drug-Free Workplace and Programs for the Private Sector.###

As the Russian-Ukraine conflict continues to cause the upticking of price of petroleum products, the National Electrification Administration (NEA) enjoined all the Electric Cooperatives (ECs) to adopt a Fifteen-day Fuel Consumption Monitoring cycle for EC service vehicles and other operational equipment/vehicle such as boom truck and pole digger. The monitoring scheme will be used as a tool for the ECs to mitigate the impact of the incessant oil price increases and ensure sufficient budget allocation for their fuel consumption.

ECs are likewise directed to submit their respective courses of action to further cut fuel costs, for documentation and benchmarking purposes of other ECs on prudent fuel consumption.

This is relative to EC Advisory regarding the Observance of Cost Reduction/Austerity Measures on Fuel dated 23 June 2022.###

The National Electrification Administration (NEA) has extended a total of P960.85 million worth of loans, including calamity loans, to 31 electric cooperatives (ECs) from 1 January to 31 August 2022.

Based on the latest data from the NEA Accounts Management and Guarantee Department (AMGD), P505.76 million of the said amount went to 10 ECs as calamity loans used for the repair and rehabilitation of their damaged power distribution systems due to previous typhoons Kiko and Odette. These were the Batanes Electric Cooperative, Inc. (BATANELCO), Palawan Electric Cooperative, Inc. (PALECO), Bohol I Electric Cooperative, Inc. (BOHECO I), Bohol II Electric Cooperative, Inc. (BOHECO II), Cebu I Electric Cooperative, Inc. (CEBECO I), Negros Oriental I Electric Cooperative, Inc. (NORECO I), Leyte IV Electric Cooperative, Inc. (LEYECO IV), Southern Leyte Electric Cooperative, Inc. (SOLECO), Misamis Oriental II Electric Cooperative, Inc. (MORESCO II) and Surigao del Norte Electric Cooperative, Inc. (SURNECO).

National Electrification Administration (NEA) Administrator Emmanuel P. Juaneza, together with other energy officials headed by Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Raphael P.M. Lotilla, attended the Public Hearing of the Senate Committee on Energy on Tuesday, 6 September 2022.

Committee on Energy Chairman Sen. Raffy Tulfo presided the hearing which focused on the issue of recurrent brownouts in Occidental Mindoro. Energy officials were asked about the power supply situation in the province. Currently, Occidental Mindoro is not connected to the Luzon Grid and has only one power supplier, the Occidental Mindoro Consolidated Power Corporation (OMCPC).