Gatchalian prods NEA: Ensure resiliency of electric cooperatives during typhoons

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Gatchalian prods NEA: Ensure resiliency of electric cooperatives during typhoons
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SEN. Sherwin Gatchalian has prodded the National Electrification Administration (NEA) to ensure that all electric cooperatives (ECs) are compliant with requirements of the Electric Cooperatives Emergency and Resiliency Fund (ECERF) Law to mitigate the adverse impact on power supply of natural calamities such as typhoons.

SEN. Sherwin Gatchalian has prodded the National Electrification Administration to ensure that all electric cooperatives are compliant with requirements of the Electric Cooperatives Emergency and Resiliency Fund Law to mitigate the adverse impact on power supply of natural calamities such as typhoons.

“The goal of ECERF is not just to provide funds that ECs can tap for the restoration and rehabilitation of ECs’ damaged infrastructure following a fortuitous event such as a typhoon, but to ensure that the distribution utilities are resilient to withstand calamities,” he added. Gatchalian, the principal author of the ECERF law, clarified that “ECs are required to submit on an annual basis vulnerability and risk assessment , emergency response plan , mitigation plan , and resiliency compliance plan to NEA.

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