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The National Electrification Administration lauded the steps taken by the electric cooperatives to sustain service excellence and adapt to the changing environment in the power industry.

NEA Administrator Emmanuel P. Juaneza attended the Federation of Rural Electric Cooperatives of Region 8 (FRECOR 8) Consultative Conference in Tacloban City on 24 June 2022 which aims to address various concerns affecting its members composed of Don Orestes Romualdez Electric Cooperative, Inc. (DORELCO), Leyte II Electric Cooperative, Inc. (LEYECO II), Leyte III Electric Cooperative, Inc. (LEYECO III), Leyte IV Electric Cooperative, Inc. (LEYECO IV), Leyte V Electric Cooperative, Inc. (LEYECO V), Southern Leyte Electric Cooperative, Inc. (SOLECO), Biliran Electric Cooperative, Inc. (BILECO), Northern Samar Electric Cooperative, Inc. (NORSAMELCO), Samar I Electric Cooperative, Inc. (SAMELCO I), Samar II Electric Cooperative, Inc. (SAMELCO II) and Eastern Samar Electric Cooperative, Inc. (ESAMELCO).

The Peninsula Electric Cooperative, Inc. (PENELCO) informed the National Electrification Administration (NEA) regarding its underbuilt lines that allegedly caused a transmission outage last Saturday, 18 June 2022. PENELCO explained that their 13.2kV distribution line in Brgy. Imelda, Samal, Bataan was built in 1995 even before the construction of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines’ (NGCP) Hermosa-BCCPP 230kV transmission line.

"Since its energization on 18 March 1995, there was enough clearance between PENELCO's distribution line and NGCP's transmission line, thereby both lines operating normally," PENELCO General Manager Loreto A. Marcelino said in its letter to NEA.

The Electric Cooperative (EC) later learned that in October 2012, NGCP conducted resizing to bigger wire, from 795MCM to 410mm², contributory to increase the sag due to heavier weight than the original size of wire. As there was no record of trouble from 2012, the perception is that there was additional load on the transmission line that heated up the conductor resulting in a very low sag clearance between the distribution and transmission lines causing this outage.

Several milestones happened recently in Busuanga Island Electric Cooperative, Inc. (BISELCO). The National Electrification Administration (NEA) contingent headed by Administrator Emmanuel P. Juaneza graced the events last 10-11 June 2022.

First on the list is the inauguration of BISELCO’s Member-Consumer-Owners (MCOs) Building in Barangay Poblacion 6, Coron, Palawan. Administrator Juaneza applauded BISELCO for steadily taking reform initiatives in the shared aspiration of empowering the MCOs.

On the same day, the Administrator and BISELCO General Manager Ruth L. Fortes led the ceremonial energization of 100 households in Barangay Tara under the Municipality of Coron. In his speech, Administrator Juaneza thanked BISELCO for being a solid partner of the government in forging socio-economic change in the country through Rural Electrification.