NEA

National Electrification Administration

 VISION

A dynamic and responsive NEA that is vanguard of

sustainable rural development in partnership with
globally-competitive Electric cooperatives and
empowered Electricity consumers.
 MISSION

• To support the sustainable development in the

rural areas through rural electrification.

• To empower and strengthen NEA

• To empower Electric Cooperatives

NEA has undertaken the task of improving the socio-
economic status of the people in the countryside through
total electrification.
NEA has provided technical, institutional and financial (FIT)
assistance to the Electric Cooperatives (ECs) which in turn
undertake power distribution on an area coverage basis.
The Electric Cooperatives (ECs)

• ECs serve as NEA’s partner in the rural electrification

program. They have been organized as private, non-stock,
non-profit, non-political entities owned and operated by
the consumers they serve.
1960
Enactment of Republic Act (R.A.)
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May 21, 1969
only 22.9% or ¼ of all the homes had
electricity.

Out of these, 62.8% were in the cities.

In the rural areas, only 5.8% of homes
were electrified
1969 (August 4)
• Passage of RA 6038
• providing for the organization of the
National Electrification Administration,
• the organization, promotion and
development of electric cooperatives
(ECs) to attain the objective

• $3.5 Million
1971
• Energization of MORESCO and VRESCO

Misamis Oriental Rural Electric Service

Cooperative, Inc. (MORESCO) - Mindanao
Victorias-Manapla-Cadiz Rural Electric Service
Cooperative, Inc. (VRESCO) - Visayas
1972
• Grant of an initial loan of $20
Million from the USAID to
finance the equipment and
material requirements of 36 ECs

• United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

1973
• Proclamation of Presidential
Decree (P.D.) No. 269 creating
the National Electrification
Administration (NEA) as a
government-owned and
controlled corporation (GOCC)
on August 6
1974
• Energization of the original backbone
system of MORESCO, VRESCO
(NONECO), CAPELCO, ALECO, LANECO,
INEC and LEYECO I
CAPELCO- Capiz Electric Cooperative, Inc.
ALECO- Albay Electric Cooperative, Inc.
LANECO- Lanao del Norte Electric Cooperative, Inc.
INEC- Ilocos Norte Electric Cooperative, Inc.
LEYECO- Leyte Electric Cooperative
POWER SUPPLIES OF Ecs

(MORESCO)
• Hydro-electric plants
• Solar photovoltaic plants
• 210 MW Coal-fired power project (supplying
15% of the power need of Mindanao)
• Mindanao Energy Systems ( Minergy)- a diesel lant with
18.9 MW
POWER SUPPLIES OF Ecs

(VRESCO) – NONESCO

• Coal Power Plant - 10 Megawatts

• Geothermal Power Plant -7 Megawatts
1975
• Energization level rose to 232
towns and 228,264 households
nationwide
1977
• Organization of 100 ECs, with at
least one EC in each province
1979
• Enactment of P.D. 1645
• Connection of the one millionth
consumer in Virac, Catanduanes

1980
• Energization of the 10,000th
barangay, Badajos, a fishing village in
San Francisco, Quezon
1981
• Installation of the first submarine cable in
Alabat Island, Quezon

1982
• Electrification of ten major islands and connection
of the two millionth consumer in Malasiqui,
Pangasinan
1983
• Commissioning of five mini-hydro plants
with 9,000 KW combined capacity

1987
• Energization of 1,281 municipalities and
20,170 barangays, benefitting about 2.8
million households
1992
• Commissioning of 20 mini-hydro projects and
120 solar home systems

NEA focused on the following programs:

• rehabilitation of lines
• line expansion
• energization of isolated islands
• improvement of collection efficiency
• decreasing the ECs system loss
• increasing loan releases to Ecs
1996
• Connection of the four millionth consumer in
Patikul, Sulu
1999
• Connection of the five millionth consumer in
Tinogboc, Caluya, Antique
2001
• Launching of the O-ILAW Project to accelerate
barangay energization program
2003
• Connection of the six millionth consumer in
Barangay Wague, Leyte, Leyte
2005
• Connection of the seven millionth consumer in Sitio
Kihare, Barangay Kalanawan, Manolo Fortich,
Bukidnon
2008
• Connection of the eight millionth connection in
Calbiga, Western Samar
2011
• Connection of the nine millionth consumer in Sta.
Ana, Cagayan

2013
• Energization of the 10 millionth consumer,
household of Ms. Elena Lagumbay in Barangay
Domagocdoc, Bato, Leyte on August 20

• Mobilization of Task Force Kapatid “Yolanda”

2015
• Energization of the 11 millionth consumer,
household of Ms. Luisa Laguyo in Sitio
Nompolia, Hungduan, Ifugao on September
15

2017
• energization of the 12 millionth consumer in
Pagcamasan, Apoon, Tagum City, Davao del
Norte on August 25
1996
• Connection of the four millionth consumer in
Patikul, Sulu
1999
• Connection of the five millionth consumer in
Tinogboc, Caluya, Antique
2001
• Launching of the O-ILAW Project to accelerate
barangay energization program
NEA works with 121 electric
cooperatives to provide electricity
to rural areas.
 UPDATES:
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, August 27, 2019)

 2,319,660 million homes that still

have no access to electricity
 The success of NEA
is the
manifestation of its
vision and mission,
which caters to the
Filipinos by
providing
electrification
which propagates
sustainable rural
development all
over the
Philippines.