COTELCO assures consumers of efficient services

KIDAPAWAN CITY – The Cotabato Electric Cooperative (COTELCO) has renewed its assurance for a steady power supply and reminded consumers to turn off electric appliances when not in use.

General Manager Godofredo Homez

“In these very challenging times brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, we would like to assure every Cotabateños that COTELCO is one with the goals of the government in rebuilding normal lives, and a better community through sufficient electricity supply,” said General Manager Engineer Godofredo Homez.

Homez also urged consumers to report power pilferages or illegal electric connection as this add up to the system loss charge. This illegal activity also poses a danger to the neighborhood because it could trigger short circuit or overload the system and cause electrical fire.

He said while COTELCO is trying its best to serve consumers, there are times that power interruptions occur due to nature such as typhoon and other calamities, including fallen trees and thick vegetation and repair and maintenance that affect the distribution of electricity.

Just last month, the entire coverage area of COTELCO experienced a power outage that lasted nearly an hour due to the activation of under frequency relay of the National Grid Corporation (NGCP) of the Philippines which resulted to automatic load dropping affecting the services of COTELCO and other distribution utilities in Southern Mindanao. Other NGCP’s maintenance schedules also affect COTELCO’s system.

With the proposed blended learning system of the Department of Education (DepEd), Homez also assured that online classes will not suffer serious power interruptions once virtual schooling starts in August. “We will coordinate with DepEd for the schedule of the online classes so that COTELCO can appropriately adjust the scheduling of power interruptions in the province,” he said.

Homez suggested DepEd to acquire uninterruptable power supply so that online classes will continue even during brownouts. “As much as possible, we want to deliver efficient and reliable electric service to our member-consumers, but these (outages) problems are beyond our control and we are doing all the possible measures to address this,” he said.

COTELCO has received numerous prestigious awards in the past and among them were 5 awards during the National Electrification Administration’s 50th Anniversary celebration last year. One of these excellence awards was the “Paramount Achievement Award - Triple A Category EC.”

The electric cooperative consistently maintained its financial viability and efficient delivery of services to its consumers and has become an effective partner in social and economic growth in the South. (Rhoderick Beñez)

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