NEA Administrator Antonio Mariano Almeda rallied behind electric cooperative (EC) member-consumer-owners (MCOs) on Friday, 21 February 2025, at the Misamis Oriental Power Consumersโ Forum in Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental.
Administrator Almeda reiterated his commitment to help provide solutions with respect to the ongoing problems affecting the distribution network of the Misamis Oriental II Rural Electric Service Cooperative, Inc. (MORESCO-2), resulting in frequent outages.
In his previous dialogues with concerned rural electrification officials, the Administrator said it was explained that the root cause of the problem is the aging powerline backbone. He noted that the NEA and MORESCO 2 are already in the process of rehabilitating this system.
The NEA Chief also announced some of his plans and ongoing programs of the state-owned corporation aimed at improving the services of the Medina-based power utility. He pointed out his directive to all concerned ECs not to allow themselves fall behind in the industry.
Administrator Almeda mentioned projects such as the solar photovoltaic mainstreaming (PVM) system, which aims to connect distant households and schools that remain isolated from the power grid.
Meanwhile, the NEA chief also made a personal appeal to local government officials regarding tax exemptions granted to ECs based on the recently signed joint memorandum circular (JMC) between the Departments of Energy and Finance.
โ๐๐ข๐บ ๐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ? ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ช๐ณ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ. ๐๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ,โ he said.
Also present at the gathering were Misamis Oriental Governor Peter Unabia, Gingoog City Mayor Erick Caรฑosa, APEC party-list Rep. Sergio Dagooc, MORESCO 2 General Manager Edna Putian-Diango, NEDA OIC Regional Director Richardson Cua, and other NEA and EC officials.
