The Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) is asking for the reinstatement of its supervisory powers over electric cooperatives, saying that the latter’s members have long been unjustly deprived of the monetary benefits due them.

In an interview with The Manila Times, Undersecretary Orlando Ravanera, CDA chairman, said that while there are at least 119 electric cooperatives (ECs) in the country, only 12 are duly registered with the CDA. These cooperatives have 11 million MCOs [members-consumers-owners], he added.

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