24 August 2005
OPINION: Category A for Panelco III
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By Gabriel L. Cardinoza
Among the three electric cooperatives in Pangasinan, there is no doubt that the Pangasinan Electric Cooperative (Panelco) III serves best.
This is because I still have to hear complaints against its services and personnel from its more than 105,000 member-consumers in 17 eastern Pangasinan towns. And that includes me.
Unlike those from the central part of the province, where “Cen-pultot” has become a byword to denote the kind of service that the Central Pangasinan Electric Cooperative (Cenpelco) offers to its consumers to date, Panelco III assures an uninterrupted and stable supply of electricity. No unscheduled outages. No voltage fluctuations.
This may be the reason why the National Electrification Administration (NEA) upgraded Panelco III’s category from B in 2003 to A in 2004, compared to Panelco I’s and Cenpelco’s B category.
In its memorandum dated February 24, 2005, NEA also cited Panelco III’s prompt payments of loan amortizations, low systems loss, high collection efficiency, prompt payments to power suppliers and non-power cost within its approved operating budget.
Compared to the national systems loss average of 14.43 percent last year, Panelco III only had six percent, which is obviously way below the national standard. In terms of collection efficiency, last year, Panelco III achieved 95 percent and it intends to push it to 97 percent this year.
And because it is able to promptly pay its loan amortizations and suppliers, there is no doubt then that Panelco III is financially liquid.
To top it all, NEA cited Panelco III as among the few electric cooperatives in the country that “did not incur even a single demerit point.”
Because of these accomplishments, Panelco III was adjudged as “Outstanding Electric Cooperative” during the 26th Annual Conference of the Philippine Rural Electric Cooperatives Association (Philreca), where Panelco III general manager Neri Policina and Board of Directors president, Engr. Solo Villar, proudly received a plaque for the feat.
We will not be surprised if by now, Panelco III has prepared for the coming of the malls and other business establishments in eastern Pangasinan, especially Urdaneta City and Tayug, where rapid urbanization is taking place.
With the implementation of the Magna Carta for Electric Consumers, which provides for the provision of free electric meters by electric cooperatives, we will not also be surprised if all barangays in Panelco’s coverage area have been energized.
ENDNOTES: Councilor Michael Fernandez was the city’s acting mayor last Saturday and Sunday (Aug. 20-21). Mayor Benjamin Lim left for the People’s Republic of China last Aug. 15 and the designated acting city mayor, Vice Mayor Alvin Fernandez, also left for the United States of America last Aug. 20 for a speaking engagement in Long Beach, CA. He will be on leave until the 24th. When Mayor Lim reports for work on Aug. 22, Michael assumes as acting city vice mayor. Two positions in five days. . . From the time we launched The Pangasinan Star Online in the Internet last week, we have been receiving positive reactions from Pangasinenses worldwide. Many of them have also given their comments on the burning issues in Pangasinan. Now, they are home.
QUICK QUOTE: The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. – Marcel Proust
(You can reach Gabriel L. Cardinoza at windows@digitelone.com)
By Gabriel L. Cardinoza
Among the three electric cooperatives in Pangasinan, there is no doubt that the Pangasinan Electric Cooperative (Panelco) III serves best.
This is because I still have to hear complaints against its services and personnel from its more than 105,000 member-consumers in 17 eastern Pangasinan towns. And that includes me.
Unlike those from the central part of the province, where “Cen-pultot” has become a byword to denote the kind of service that the Central Pangasinan Electric Cooperative (Cenpelco) offers to its consumers to date, Panelco III assures an uninterrupted and stable supply of electricity. No unscheduled outages. No voltage fluctuations.
This may be the reason why the National Electrification Administration (NEA) upgraded Panelco III’s category from B in 2003 to A in 2004, compared to Panelco I’s and Cenpelco’s B category.
In its memorandum dated February 24, 2005, NEA also cited Panelco III’s prompt payments of loan amortizations, low systems loss, high collection efficiency, prompt payments to power suppliers and non-power cost within its approved operating budget.
Compared to the national systems loss average of 14.43 percent last year, Panelco III only had six percent, which is obviously way below the national standard. In terms of collection efficiency, last year, Panelco III achieved 95 percent and it intends to push it to 97 percent this year.
And because it is able to promptly pay its loan amortizations and suppliers, there is no doubt then that Panelco III is financially liquid.
To top it all, NEA cited Panelco III as among the few electric cooperatives in the country that “did not incur even a single demerit point.”
Because of these accomplishments, Panelco III was adjudged as “Outstanding Electric Cooperative” during the 26th Annual Conference of the Philippine Rural Electric Cooperatives Association (Philreca), where Panelco III general manager Neri Policina and Board of Directors president, Engr. Solo Villar, proudly received a plaque for the feat.
We will not be surprised if by now, Panelco III has prepared for the coming of the malls and other business establishments in eastern Pangasinan, especially Urdaneta City and Tayug, where rapid urbanization is taking place.
With the implementation of the Magna Carta for Electric Consumers, which provides for the provision of free electric meters by electric cooperatives, we will not also be surprised if all barangays in Panelco’s coverage area have been energized.
ENDNOTES: Councilor Michael Fernandez was the city’s acting mayor last Saturday and Sunday (Aug. 20-21). Mayor Benjamin Lim left for the People’s Republic of China last Aug. 15 and the designated acting city mayor, Vice Mayor Alvin Fernandez, also left for the United States of America last Aug. 20 for a speaking engagement in Long Beach, CA. He will be on leave until the 24th. When Mayor Lim reports for work on Aug. 22, Michael assumes as acting city vice mayor. Two positions in five days. . . From the time we launched The Pangasinan Star Online in the Internet last week, we have been receiving positive reactions from Pangasinenses worldwide. Many of them have also given their comments on the burning issues in Pangasinan. Now, they are home.
QUICK QUOTE: The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. – Marcel Proust
(You can reach Gabriel L. Cardinoza at windows@digitelone.com)
