Leyte power coop gets triple A rating

TACLOBAN CITY, July 7 (PNA - The National Electrification Administration (NEA) has given Leyte II Electric Cooperative (Leyeco II) the highest rating of triple A despite reeling the impacts of super typhoon Yolanda.

As of May 2016, Leyeco II's based finance, institutional and technical service-related performance, got a rating of 100 percent.

The cooperative is the second in Eastern Visayas that attained the highest score, after it managed to comply all the requirements needed to be listed as a triple A cooperative.

NEA gives the highest rating of triple A to an electric cooperative for being compliant to all the four parameters - financial, institutional, technical and reportorial requirements.

Leyeco II manager Fernan Paul Tan, who assumed office in October 2015, thanked the cooperation and participation of department managers.

Tan said he made all the efforts to continue the services rendered to its member-consumers, although until now, the cooperative has not achieved the pre-Yolanda level of 42 to 45 megahertz load. The current load now is 36 to 37 megahertz.

Because of this, the cooperative is now on its massive campaign for on time payment to sustain its good service or else members will suffer disconnection.

Leyeco II will also install recloser in the electrical lines, according to Tan. Recloser is a device, whose function is similar to circuit breakers installed in electrical lines at home.

The devise is intended for a continued electrical consumption despite some technical problems in a certain feeder. While there are ongoing repairs, other feeders will not shut down.

“The cooperative is doing its best to give the best service they could offer to member-consumers, however, we are appealing for understanding as they also implement strict collection and re-connection of cut lines,” Tan added. (PNA)

RMA/SQM/LIZBETH ANN A. ABELLA/EGR