DATE OF REGISTRATION

Isabela II Electric Cooperative (ISELCO II) was organized and registered as a non-stock, non-profit electric cooperative with the National Electrification Administration (NEA) on February 25, 1978. Its organization was mandated by Republic Act No. 6038 which was enacted on August 4, 1969 and later amended by Presidential Decree No. 269 (PD 269), also known as the National Electrification ,Administration Charter, promulgated on August 6, 1973. On June 22, 2007, ISELCO II also registered with the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) by virtue of Republic Act No. 6938 (Cooperative Code) and Republic Act No. 6939 (Cooperative Development Authority Charter).

OPERATIONAL MILESTONE

ISELCO II officially started its operation with the purchase and take-over of the operations of the now defunct Electric Plant on December 1, 1978. By December 12, 1982 eighteen out of twenty two municipalities were energized namely: Ilagan, San Pablo, , Sta. Maria, , Naguilian, , Roxas, , , , , San Mariano, , Sto.Tomas, San Manuel, Quezon and Burgos. The four coastal municipalities of , , and remained unenergized for a long time because they are inaccessible and isolated from the rest of the coverage area by the Sierra Madre Mountain ranges. Palanan was energized on June 20, 1993 through a generator set installed by the National Power Corporation-Small Power Utilities Group (NPC- SPUG) while Divilacan, Maconacon and Dinapigue were energized through solar home systems. Dinapigue is now included in the franchise area of AURELCO.

SERVICE AREA

ISELCO II is one of the two electric cooperatives providing electric service to the province of . The province is situated at the heart of the Valley on the northeastern part of the main island of . It is bounded by the Province of Cagayan on the north, Nueva Viscaya, Aurora and Quirino on the south: , Apayao, Ifugao and Mt. Province on the west and the Pacific Ocean on the east.

Its fertile plains and valleys are bounded by two mountain ranges, namely, the Sierra Madre Mountain range on the east and the Cordillera on the west.

Isabela experiences moderate rainfall which is more or less evenly distributed throughout the year making it an ideal rice granary. Isabela occupies a land area of 10,664.6 square kilometers which is 3.5% of the total land area of the country and is composed of thirty seven municipalities and one thousand thirty nine barangays. Ilagan serves as its provincial capital.

The northern half of Isabela province constitutes the current franchise area of ISELCO II, consisting of twenty one municipalities (the twenty second municipality, Dinapigue, is now included in the franchise area of AURELCO) and five hundred forty five barangays. Below is the system map showing the service area of ISELCO II

OUR SUBSTATIONS

Over the past thirty years, ISELCO II has installed three substations with a combined capacity of twenty five MVA while a fourth substation rated at 15 MVA is owned and operated by the National Grid Corporation of the (NGCP).

(PHOTOS NG SUBSTATION)

Maximum 2009 Substation Loading Location Rating,KVA Peak KW Peak KVA Loading San Manuel, Naguilian 5,000 2,350 2,520 50.40% Munoz, Roxas 10,000 8,474 8,627 86.27% Garita, Cabagan 10,000 6,452 6,573 65.73% Baligatan, Ilagan 15,000 7,642 7,708 51.39% Total (Aug) 40,000 24,919 25,428 63.57%

OUR ENERGIZATION STATUS AS OF APRIL 2015, ISELCO II has completed energization of nineteen (19) municipalities in its coverage area.

Municipality Barangays Barangays Potential Actual Percentage of

Covered Energized Households Connections Connections

Ilagan 91 91 31,237 31294 100.18

Cabagan 26 26 9,263 7782 84.01

San Pablo 17 17 4451 3368 75.67

Sta. Maria 20 20 4244 2941 69.3

Naguilian 25 25 6714 5537 82.47

Gamu 16 16 6477 5262 81.24

Roxas 26 26 13329 14345 107.62 Aurora 33 33 7726 6535 84.58

Mallig 18 18 6454 5255 81.42

Sto. Tomas 25 25 4583 3616 78.90

Delfin Albano 29 29 5948 4950 83.22

Tumauini 46 45 12473 11766 94.33

Quezon 15 15 5398 3261 60.41

Quirino 21 21 5591 3747 67.02

San Manuel 19 19 7127 5387 75.59

Burgos 14 14 5234 3009 57.49

Benito Soliven 29 27 6081 4826 79.36

San Mariano 35 32 10771 4138 38.42

Maconacon

Palanan 17 5 3133 272 8.68

Divilacan 5.85

Total 522 504 156234 127291 81.47

Of the 522 covered barangays, there are 504 energized barangays or 96.55% energization level (Solar Homes excluded). Out of its 156,234 potential house connections, the cooperative has already energized 127,291 or 81.47 % of its potential households.

MANAGEMENT PROFILE

The policy-making function in ISELCO II resides with the Board of Directors (BOD). The coverage area is sub-divided into nine districts.

District Municipality/ies covered

I Ilagan, Palanan

II Burgos, Gamu

III Aurora, San Manuel

IV Roxas

V Mallig, Quezon, Quirino

VI Sta. Maria, San Pablo

VII Delfin Albano, Sto.Tomas

VIII Cabagan, Tumauini

IX Naguilian, Benito Soliven, San Mariano

Each district is being represented by a duly elected director who serves for a term of two years and who may be re-elected up to a maximum of three terms. The duly elected directors elect from among themselves the officers of the Board. The general manager is an ex-officio member of the board of directors and in effect, the tenth member of the BOD.

Upon its registration with CDA on June 22, 2007, the incumbent members of the BOD became the members of the interim BOD during the transition period, to draft the applicable By-Laws and determine the paid up share capital of each member-consumer.

Our incumbent Board of Directors:

Competency/Field Name Position No. of Terms of Expertise

WALFRIDO G. BINAG Chairman

ALBERTO C. CASTANEDA V.President

GAUDENCIO A. REYES Secretary

JULITO C. UY Treasurer

Member VICTOR G. JACINTO

SILVINO P. CAMMAYO Member

CARLITO M. UY Member

GEM N. MEDIOS Member DAVID SOLOMON M. Member SIQUIAN

The general manager, supported by the four (4) department managers, the internal auditor and six branch managers, manage the day-to-day affairs of the cooperative.

The current management and staff of ISELCO II.

Name of Employee Position

David Solomon M. Siquian General Manager

Luzviminda L. Panangui Manager, Fin’l Services

Lope M. Dalupang, Jr. Manager, Inst’l.Services

Sherwin B. Quijano Manager, Tech’l Services

Remedios A. Laragan Manager, Internal Audit

Manager, Energy Trading Nestor M. Altoveros, Jr. Services Department

Jose Marie M. Bigornia Manager, Aurora Branch Office

Simplicia D. Constantino Manager, Cabagan Branch Office

Rey T. Camonayan Manager, Ilagan Branch Office

Agnes C. Palce Manager, Tumauini Branch Office Veneranda E. Castillo Manager, Roxas Branch Office

ACTIVITIES:

2014 AGMA aurora, isabela 36th Anniversary (funwalk, mass. Program)

Switch on Light a home

First Monday Ceremony

Bapa seminar/ convention Branch meeting LMB/ meetings/ Electricians meeting

Tree planting PDRRMC AWArds Cooperative Month

Motorcycle Quality consumer relations BATCH 8 AND 9 External Trainings

Gift Giving MMR Radio

Basketball team