The National Transmission Corporation

The National Transmission Corporation (TransCo) is a government agency created under Republic Act No. 9136, otherwise known as the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) of 2001.

Since March 1, 2003, TransCo operated and managed the power transmission system that links power plants to the electric distribution utilities nationwide. The same law mandated the privatization of TransCo through an outright sale or management concession agreement.

Following a public bidding conducted in December 2007, the TransCo concession was awarded to the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), which eventually secured a congressional franchise to operate the transmission network through Republic Act No. 9511.

On January 15, 2009, TransCo turned over the management and operation of its nationwide transmission system to NGCP. Ownership of all transmission assets however, remains with TransCo.

As owner of the transmission assets, the new TransCo is mandated with five key responsibilities:

• Protect national government’s interests by ensuring NGCP’s compliance with the terms and conditions of the Concession Agreement and the policies of the Department of Energy;
• Handle all existing cases, including right-of-way and claims which accrued prior to the turnover date;
• Divest remaining sub-transmission assets to technically and financially qualified electric distributors nationwide; and
• Undertake the operation, maintenance, consultancy and other technical services for the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA).
• Administer the Feed-in-Tariff Allowance Fund for renewable energy generators.

Mandates

As owner of the transmission assets, the new TransCo is mandated with five key responsibilities:

• Protect national government’s interests by ensuring NGCP’s compliance with the terms and conditions of the Concession Agreement and the policies of the Department of Energy;
• Handle all existing cases, including right-of-way and claims which accrued prior to the turnover date (January 15, 2009);
• Divest remaining sub-transmission assets to technically and financially qualified electric distributors nationwide; and
• Undertake the operation, maintenance, consultancy and other technical services for the Baguio City Economic Zone and Authority of the Freeport Area of Bataan.
• Administer the Feed-in-Tariff Allowance Fund for renewable energy generators.

TransCo Board Members

• CARLOS “Sonny” G. DOMINGUEZ
  Secretary
  Department of Finance
  Chairman
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    Carlos “Sonny” Dominguez has over 40 years of experience managing various organizations in the public and private sectors. He was a shareholder, and board chairman or member of over a dozen corporations across various industries such as power, agriculture, mining, banking, hospitality, real estate, and investment.
    
    Notable positions held by Sonny were Cabinet Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources and Agriculture during the Presidency of Corazon Aquino, past president of leading Philippine corporations such as the Philippine Airlines and the Philippine Associate Smelting and Refining Corporation, and the former Bank of the Philippine Islands Agricultural Bank.
    
    Sonny has a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Ateneo De Manila University and attended the Executive Management Program at the Stanford University.

• ALFONSO G.CUSI
  Secretary
  Department of Energy
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    Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi has more than four decades of leadership experience in both the private and public sectors. As a leader in the Philippine business sector, Cusi was engaged in the logistics and transportation industries.
    
    He was the Chairman of the Batangas-based shipping company Starlite Ferries, Inc., which is spearheading the modernization of the domestic shipping industry with its recent acquisition of brand-new roll-on, roll-off (ro-ro) commercial vessels custom built in Japan.
    
    He also founded and served as Chairman and President of various companies engaged in logistics and distribution, manning and crewing, maritime engineering as well as convenience stores.
    
    Recognized as a good corporate steward, he also served as Board Member of the mining firm Intex Resources Philippines, Inc., a subsidiary of the Norway-based Intex Resources ASA.
    
    Cusi started his career in the government service during the Arroyo administration, serving as General Manager of the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) from February 2001 to July 2004. He was instrumental in the launch of the Strong Republic Nautical Highway that linked Luzon, Mindoro, Panay and Zamboanga del Norte in the country's western seaboard.
    
    He also served as General Manager of the Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) from August 2004 to March 2010. He initiated the opening of the mothballed NAIA Terminal 3 in 2008.
    
    As Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines from March to December 2010, he laid the groundwork for the restoration of the Category 1 status of the Philippine aviation industry.
    
    Cusi hails from Roxas town in Oriental Mindoro and from Cebu City. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in 1972 from La Salle College in Bacolod, his Master’s degree in Business Administration in 1976 from the University of the Philippines-Cebu, and his Doctorate in Business degree, honoris causa, in 2008 from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
    
    He was also the Vice-Chairman of PDP-Laban prior to his appointment as a member of the Cabinet.

• ROY A. CIMATU
  Secretary
  Department of Environment and Natural Resources
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    A native of Bangui, Ilocos Norte, Secretary Roy A. Cimatu isa graduate of the public school system from the elementary upto high school. Despite this, he graduated from the PhilippineMilitary Academy in the class of 1970.
    
    His eagerness to learn made him attain more scholasticachievements. This includes graduating from the InfantryOfficers Advanced Course in the Philippine Army TrainingCommand where he topped the course with a rating of 97.27%,an academic record which remains unsurpassed in the collegehistory. He also graduated from the United States ArmyCommand and Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas,USA.
    
    He also furthered his education with a degree in Master in Business Administration from the AteneoGraduate School of Business. A skilled pilot of a helicopter and a fixed-wing aircraft, he was also arecipient of the Cavalier Award from the Philippine Military Academy Alumni Association and a Hall ofFame from the United States Command and General Staff college.
    
    All these academic accolades can be attributed to both his parents who are both teachers by profession.Being a Second Lieutenant, he was assigned as Company Commander in Patikul, Sulu during the ArmedForces of the Philippines (AFP) attack against the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) under itsfounding chairman Nur Misuari.
    
    In the 80s, meanwhile, he was sent to Northern Panay as Batallion Commander in Aklan, a place underthe heavy influence of the New People’s Army (NPA). The vicinity is a highway of the northern towns,especially in Ibajay, Aklan, which was heavily infested by the NPA. The same highway was a gateway tothe present-day Boracay Island, to which his successful efforts to clear the area from threats led to thedevelopment of the top tourist destination spot in the country today.
    
    He is also a Brigade Commander in Davao, Cotabato, and Sarangani, where he was promoted as a onestargeneral after his troops successfully rescued four hostages kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf in Sarangani.As a Division Commander of the 4th Infantry Division, he lead his troops during the all-out war inMindanao to capture the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) camps including Camp Abubakar underthe Estrada administration in 2000.
    
    His victories in the battlefield eventually led him to earn his second star and be awarded as theDistinguished Conduct Star, the second highest combat award, next only to the Medal of Valor. He thenbecame Southcom Commander based in Zamboanga City as a three-star General.Secretary Cimatu’s ultimate recognition, however, is when he was appointed as the 29th Chief of Staff ofthe Armed Forces of the Philippines in May 2002.
    
    In his career as a civil servant, Cimatu was called again to serve the country when he was named as aSpecial Presidential Envoy to the Middle East with the rank of Ambassador. At the height of the US-Iraqwar, his Middle East Preparedness Committee made sure that no overseas Filipino worker (OFW) washurt, killed or displaced from employment because of the conflict. He was able to negotiate a successfulrelease of a Filipino hostage named Angelo dela Cruz, who was kidnapped by Iraqi militants in Baghdad,Iraq in 2004. Cimatu received a Presidential Award because of his bravery and perspicacity as a strategistfor the triumphant negotiation.
    
    Following dela Cruz’s freedom, Cimatu was also involved in the successful release of Filipino seamenheld hostage in Somalia. His inherent wisdom and competence as a caretaker of OFWs led him to bereappointed as a Presidential Special Envoy to the Middle East by President Rodrigo Duterte, and joinedhim recently to the successful visit of Middle East this month.
    
    And now, he is appointed by President Duterte to serve as the Department of Environment and NaturalResources’ (DENR) 16th secretary since the agency re-organized in 1987 by virtue of Executive Order no.192.

• ATTY. JAINAL ABIDIN Y. BAHJIN II
  President & CEO
  National Transmission Corporation
  

• DIR. JOSE O. ILAGAN
  Representative for Luzon
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    Jose Ocampo Ilagan has more than two decades of professional experience in the fields of renewable energy and information technology. He held various key positions in the private sector as shareholder and executive, the recent ones of which as Director and Executive Vice President of Ormin Power, Inc., a power generation company, and Director and President of Clean n Green Energy Solutions, Inc., a renewable energy company.
    
    He championed renewable energy as an advocacy and had participated in private initiatives/inputs in crafting government renewable energy polices, specifically RE implementing rules and on financial modelling for feed-in-tariff in the hydropower sector.
    
    This advocacy was translated into various private sector-led projects in hydropower.
    
    He is currently a director and executive of a rural bank and an equipment leasing company.
    
    He also held several positions in government as consultant to the Commission on Elections for the maiden election automation project and with the Home Guarantee Corporation for its Information Technology Strategic Plan.
    
    He has a Master Degree in Business Administration from the Ateneo de Manila Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor Degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of the Philippines at Los Banos. He is currently earning his Master in Public Administration degree at the University of the Philippines.
    
    He is a Bicolano at heart and is a native of Naga City in Camarines Sur.

• DIR. ALAN P. TANJUAKIO
  Representative for Visayas
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    Dir. Alan P. Tanjuakio is a true blue Waraynon having been born, raised and lived in Tacloban City, Leyte over the years.
    
    Mr. Tanjuakio was appointed Director in Philippine Coconut Authority from Nov 2016 to Jan 2020, then in United Coconut Planters Bank (UCPB) as a Director from Feb 2020 to Dec 2021. He is also a Board Member of Philippine Red Cross, Leyte Chapter since 2017. A business acumen in the Family Owned Business span a period of 37 years. Now, together with his wife owns a chain of businesses including distributorship of flour, cement, rice, food commodities, hog, poultry and animal feeds to cater to the Eastern Visayas Region. He is currently a Director of 7G Tyko International Corp; Director, Tansan Marketing Development Corporation; President of: Real Life Global Solutions; Green Earth Solutions; Tiger Power Solutions.
    
    His time is also spent with his various affiliations in associations and civic organizations such as: being currently the President of Kusog Sinirangan Eagles Club; Board Member of the Filipino Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Tacloban City. From 2016 to present, he is the President of the Central Filipino Chinese Volunteer Fire Brigade. He is also a Member of the Leyte Shooters.
    
    Mr. Tanjuakio finished his degree in Bachelor of Commerce Major in Management at the Divine Word University, Tacloban City.

• ATTY. JOSEPHINE CASSANDRA J. CUI
  Representative for Mindanao
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    Atty. Josephine Cassandra J. Cui is a lawyer who has served the government in various capacities as early as 1991. She has served the city council of Cagayan de Oro City from 1991 until 1998, then she worked as Chief Political Affairs Officer in the House of Representatives from 1998 until June 2007. She was also a Consultant in the Committee of Rules of the House of Representatives until 2012.
    
    Atty. Cui became a Consultant of PNOC Exploration Corporation sometime in 2013 where she was detailed with the Office of the Secretary of Department of Energy. She was primarily involved in the handling of various energy issues of the department which involve administrative and LGU concerns. She is currently acting as Chief Legal Officer of PNOC Renewables Corporation.
    
    Atty. Cui completed her Bachelor of Laws from Ateneo de Cagayan (Xavier University). She finished her undergraduate degree in Bachelor of Arts in Communication from the University of the Philippines and Bachelor of Nursing from Kester Grant College as Cum Laude. Aside from being a lawyer, she is also a licensed nurse. She was born in Cagayan de Oro City.
    
    

• ATTY. EDGARDO L. PADILLA
  Corporate Secretary and Compliance Officer
  National Transmission Corporation
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    The career of Atty. Edgardo L. Padilla in the electric power industry spans more than 15 years. His most recent is his designation as the Corporate Secretary of the National Transmission Corporation in July 2009 and holds the same position up to the present. He was also the Head of the Internal Audit Department of the National Transmission Corporation, from March 2003 to July 2009 after serving as Legal Counsel of the Office of the General Counsel of National Transmission Corporation. He started his career in the electric power industry when he joined the Office of the General Counsel of the National Power Corporation 1991 to January 2003 where he served as Legal Counsel in various Build Operate Transfer (BOT) Law Projects/ Contracts of the National Power Corporation which lead to the solution of the power crisis in 1993 and the stability of the electric power supply of the country.
    
    In the same office he likewise served as Special Counsel in various Technical Working Groups in the procurement of Overhead/Submarine Transmission Line Projects of the National Power Corporation and funded by international financing institution i.e. World Bank, Asian Development Bank which lead to the interconnection of the Luzon and Visayas Grid.
    
    He also had the opportunity to serve as a Consultant to the Chairman of the Committee on Energy of the House of Representatives in the 12th Congress, including the Joint Congressional Power Commission (JCPC) during the preparation and deliberation of the IRR of R.A. 9136, known as Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001.
    
    He has been consistently elected as Member of the Board of Directors of the NPC- Employees Multi-Purpose Cooperative and served as the Chairman of the Board for two (2) terms.
    
    He finished his undergraduate degree in Economics at Xavier University in 1984 and completed his Bachelor of Laws in the same university. Atty. Padilla has also completed his Masters of Business Administration at the De La Salle University-Graduate School of Business in Manila.
    
    

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Mission

We actively promote national development
and protect the interest of the Filipino People
by ensuring an adequate and reliable transmission system
that delivers quality electricity
at a globally-competitive price.

Vision

We envision TransCo
to be a globally-recognized leader and innovator in the power sector,
exemplifying the highest levels of excellence, professionalism, and integrity.

We shall maximize the utilization and value of government assets,
and provide diversified public services to satisfied stakeholders.

View TransCo's Table of Organization

Key Officials

• President & CEOAtty. Jainal Abidin Y. Bahjin II
• Vice President - General Counsel, Right-of-Way and Legal Group Atty. Noel Z. De LeonView Resume
• Vice President, Transmission Management Group Dinna O. Dizon
• Vice President, Resource Management Services Group Maria Theresa L. Laranang
  
  
  

TRANSCO'S DATA PRIVACY POLICY

POLICY STATEMENT

TransCo respects and values data privacy rights, and ensures that all personal data collected from personnel, stakeholders, service providers, clients, and customers, are processed in adherence to the general principles of transparency, legitimate purpose, and proportionality.

The purpose of this privacy policy is to inform those who visit this site on how TransCo handles the data collected.

DATA COLLECTION

a. WHAT WE COLLECT

We may collect the following Personal Information:
• Full Name
• Age
• Sex
• Contact Details
• Residence
• Nationality
• E-mail Address
• IP address
• Browser type/version
• Username on system applications, if applicable
• Date and time of visit on a manual form or on web page, whichever is applicable
• Pages or links, and referring sites which the visitor clicked through TransCo’s website

b. HOW WE GATHER YOUR DATA

Upon collecting personal data, TransCo shall determine the objective for which the information is being collected.

Upon determination of its objective, the data collected should be relevant, accurate, complete, and updated, and must be used exclusively for the purpose or purposes for which the data was gathered.

SECURITY OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

TransCo will ensure that personal data under its custody are protected against any accidental or unlawful destruction, alteration and disclosure as well as against any other unlawful processing. TransCo will implement appropriate security measures in storing collected personal information, depending on the nature of the information.

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL

All information gathered shall not be retained for a period longer than one calendar (1) year. After one (1) year, all hard and soft copies of personal information shall be disposed and destroyed, through secured means.

USE AND SHARING

TransCo shall maintain the confidentiality and secrecy of all personal data that come to its knowledge and possession, even after resignation, termination of contract, and/or other legal relations. Personal data under the custody of TransCo shall be disclosed only pursuant to a lawful purpose, and to authorized recipients of such data.

PRIVACY POLICY CHANGES

TransCo reserves the right to modify this privacy policy, so please visit this frequently.

QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS

Should you have questions and concerns regarding data privacy, feel free to contact:

The Data Protection Officer
TransCo Head Office
Power Center, BIR Road cor. Quezon Avenue
Diliman, Quezon City
Trunkline: (02) 7 902 1500
Email: customerservice@transco.ph