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(PNA file photo by Gil Calinga) MANILA - Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri said electric cooperatives (ECs) must start thinking out of the box on how to bring down electricity rates in their franchise areas. This, after the Senate approved on the final reading House Bill (HB) No. 10554 late Monday, expanding the franchise area of the Davao Light and Power Company Inc. (DLPC). DLPC will operate for another 25 years, not only in Davao City, Carmen, Panabo, Dujali, and Santo Tomas in Davao del Norte, but also in Northern Mindanao Electric Cooperatives (Nordeco) current franchise area which includes Tagum City, Island Garden City of Samal, Asuncion, Kapalong, New Corella, San Isidro, and Talaingod. Nordeco, formerly the Davao del Norte Electric Cooperative, originally covered 16 municipalities and two cities in the provinces of Compostela Valley (now Davao de Oro) and Davao del Norte. Zubiri, who chairs the Committee on Cooperatives, said he supports the cooperative sector, especially ECs, but la

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