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THE COOPERATIVE PROFILE
as of December 2023
For more than four decades, DASURECO has remarkably been doing its share in providing the people in its coverage area the opportunity to hasten their economic advancement. It has powered small-medium business enterprises and growing industries, such as communication networks and service facilities which opened hundreds of thousands of jobs, thus, promoted a modern quality of life in this side of the country.
The Davao del Sur Electric Cooperative, Inc. (DASURECO) was established on June 1, 1975 as the sole power distributor in the provinces of Davao del Sur and Davao Occidental, transforming the slow-paced electric service supplied by a family-owned energy firm called the Rural Electrification Corporation (RECORDA) in 1950s.
Ranked as the 63rd electric cooperative, DASURECO was subsequently incorporated and registered with the National Electrification Administration (NEA) in accordance with the provisions of Presidential Decree No. 269, as amended. The expiry of the Certificate of Franchise issued by NEA will be on the 13th day of September 2048.
Life improves with electricity. It gives people the desire for convenience and innovation. Hence, reaching to a total of 190,529 billed member-consumers as of December 2023 largely composed of residential consumers with 168,558 billed member-consumers or equivalent to 88.47 percent while industrial consumers is comprise only of 1% of the overall number billed consumers.
True to its mission in providing reliable power, DASURECO keeps on acquiring supply contingencies and encompassing tangible technical innovations.
With the growing number of consumers, DASURECO managed to expand 143.25 kilometers of distribution line structures in its coverage area, may it be in the City, coastal, and upland.
Notwithstanding the stretch of lines up to the farthest barrio, DASURECO still managed to maintain its system loss to a single digit at 9.51%, which is still within the standards set by the ERC.
In May 5, 2023, DASURECO energized its 20MVA Dolo Substation in the municipality of Bansalan in order to supply smoothly the highly industrialized MaBaMa (Matanao, Bansalan, Magsaysay) area
Substation Number | Substation Name | Capacity in MVA | Location |
1 | Cogon | 20 | Brgy. Cogon, Digos City |
2 | Paligue | 10 | Brgy. Paligue, Hagonoy |
3 | Culaman | 20 | Culaman, Malita |
4 | Matanao | 10 | Km. 71, Matanao |
5 | Astorga | 10 | Brgy. Paligue, Hagonoy |
6 | Malalag | 5 | Poblacion, Malalag |
7 | Sta. Ana | 20 | Brgy. Sta. Ana, Digos City |
8 | Zone II | 20 | Zone II, Sta. Cruz |
9 | Dolo | 20 | Zone II, Sta. Cruz |
DASURECO FAST FACTS & FIGURES
as of October 2023 | as of Decmber 2023 | |
Billed Consumer | 189,075 | 189,498 |
KWh Sold | 41,417,743 | 41,189,867 |
Total Operating Revenue | 4,326,337,205.09 | 4.719.984,943.72 |
Total Assets | 5,125,985,650.20 | 5,107,239,110.34 |
Average System Loss | 9.46% | 9.49% |
Average Power Rate per KWh | 8.82 | 8.65 |
Average System Rate | 12.67 | 12.49 |
Collection Efficiency(Current to Current) | 101.39% | 99.98% |
Collection Efficiency(Average) | 97.04% | 96.35% |
Average Collection Period | 34 | 36 |
Peak Demand | 87,375.10 | 87,375.10 |
Expanded Lines | 72.193 kms | 90.077 kms |
At the height of DASURECO’s responsibility for total electrification considers whopping challenge in attaining excellent service, yet with the collar of reliance from its consumers and firm partnership with the local government, DASURECO continues to grow and be of service to the people of Davao del Sur and Davao Occidental.