Institutional Report

      Year 2005 marked SUKELCO’s taking a greater step to reach out and extend support to its member-consumers. SUKELCO Scholarship Program was launched on May 1, 2005 at Bagumbayan, Sultan Kudarat during the 26thAnnual General Membership Assembly. Two poor but deserving students were awarded scholarship grants – one full and partial scholarship. Through this program, the coop will be taking care of their educational needs until they graduate in college provided they maintain the standards set.

      The regular Tuition Subsidy Program of the cooperative has been running foe a decade. The program started in 1995 with 25 college students, who were children of member-consumers availing Php 1,000.00 each as tuition subsidy every semester. Considering the success of the board of directors expanded the program by increasing the number of recipients to be allocated among the coop maintains 40 grantees with Php 1,500.00 subsidy each granted every semester.

      The above programs were the coop’s way thanking its member-consumers for all their support through the years. More importantly, it is SUKELCO’s way of taking responsibility in building brighter future for the poor but deserving youths.

      Year 2005 focused more on the consumer. The Board created the Consumer Desk following the promulgation of the magna carta for residential consumers as provided in RA 9136 (Electric Power Industry Reform Act). This new creation in the structure of the organization ensures that consumer complaints and concerns are attended to properly and promptly, efficient and reliable service from the cooperative.

      The dynamism in the power industry brought about by the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 required higher level of competencies. As a response, the management focused more on training and enhancing competencies of its personnel. For the year 2005, there were sixty-six (66) employees sent to various seminars and trainings. Likewise, the board of directors also participated in the Good Governance Seminar as part of the mandatory requirements set by ERC and NEA.

      Seventeen (17) personnel were sent to People’s Development Academy (PDA), Toledo City for various value formation trainings and seminars in 2005.

      Likewise, the coop ensured attendance to all mandatory seminars and trainings required by law specifically the ERC. SUKELCO also participated in comprehensive technical courses conducted by academes and other institutions to enhance technical competencies.

      To maintain open line communications between the employees and board of directors and management, regular forum and monthly symposia were conducted. Said activities served as avenue to apprise the employees of the development in the coop and in the industry as a whole. On the other hand, management was able to hear concerns and issues of the employees relative to the operations.

      The Annual General Membership Assembly was conducted at Bagumbayan, Sultan Kudarat on May 1 2005. The Members were updated on the changes in the industry and its effects to the operations and policies of SUKELCO.

      The coop ensures that member’s voices are heard by exercising their rights to suffrage and select people who will be working for their welfare. Thus, the election of board of directors was conducted on the third month of the year.

      Continuous information and education campaign were conducted to update the member-consumers. Regular activities like radio broadcast, conduct of pre-membership education seminar, BAPA monitoring and assistance in terms of technical, financial and institutional aspects were also sustained.