Benguet Electric News Today

Heavy rainfall and lightning strikes resulted in power outages in this city and Benguet on Monday.

■ Rimaliza A. Opiña The arrears incurred by the Smart command center of the city government of Baguio due to unsettled electrical bills was due to internal issues affecting the Benguet Electric Cooperative at the time, an official said. Beneco has billed the city government P201,304 covering August 2021 to December 2022 incurred by the

■ Jane B. Cadalig The supposed most sophisticated command center in the Cordillera, touted as the leading innovation to inspire good governance among other local government units, has defaulted in paying its electricity bills for more than a year. The Baguio City council approved the allocation of more than P200,000 from the 2023 funds of

As part of a global movement to end malnutrition, the National Nutrition Council-Cordillera has formalized collaboration with four major networks of partners that committed to help in addressing malnutrition in the region. The NNC-Cordillera has signed a memorandum of agreement on Nov. 24 with the business, academe, civil society, and youth sectors, formalizing its alliance

■ Jane B. Cadalig The Benguet Electric Cooperative is hoping to hold an election for board of directors within the year. Beneco interim Board of Directors president Steve Cating said the election will come after the general manager has been selected, as the National Electrification Administration is expected to wrap up the selection process for

■ Rimaliza A. Opiña A group of members and consumers of Benguet Electric Cooperative has opposed the utility firm’s decision to pay P684 million to the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) for incremental currency exchange rate adjustment (Icera) and the Generation Rate Adjustment Mechanism (GRAM). In a press release, the group of

The Office of the Ombudsman has cleared officials of the Baguio City District Engineering Office (BCDEO) of the Department of Public Works and Highways and the contractor of the Bonifacio Street improvement project of allegations of violating the Anti Graft Corrupt Practices Act and for administrative charges for neglect of duty. In a resolution dated

Government and private institutions whose functions are vital in the realization of peaceful and honest elections have been mobilized on Aug. 9 along with the activation of the City Joint Security Control Center (CJSCC) headed by the Commission on Elections, Department of the Interior and Local Government, and the Baguio City Police Office. In the

Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong is not clean, as he publicly projects himself to be, a member of the Lower House said. Reacting over a speech that Magalong delivered on July 3 in Camp Crame where he lamented that portion of the pension of police officers and the military will be slashed to help pay

The Benguet Electric Cooperative through the interim board of directors (BOD) and ma-nagement is continuing efforts for the renewal of its license and in encouraging its more than 140,000-strong member-consumers to pay their share capital, which is a requirement for its application to register as a stock cooperative. The issues were among the challenges that