Benguet Electric Cooperative (BENECO)

The Benguet Electrc Cooperative, Inc. (BENECO) is located in Northern Luzon in the Cordillera Administrative Region. It is about 4 hours drive from Manila.

On October 5, 1973, BENECO, was organized and registered as a non-stock, non-profit service-oriented entity and was granted by the National Electrification Commission in March 20, 1978 the sole franchise to operate an electric light and power service in the City of Baguio and Benguet province for a period of fifty (50) years.
At the birth of BENECO, only the central portion of the city was being supplied with electricity by the Asin Mini-Hydro Electric Plants built by the Americans before World War II while the small portion of the peripheries of the city was supplied by NPC Feeder from Beckel, La Trinidad substation. The poblacion of La Trinidad, Benguet was lighted by the Benguet Development Corporation and the small portion of Itogon and Tuba were being supplied with power by the Rural Power Corporation. These electric systems were taken over by BENECO in January 1974 by virtue of the provisions of P.D. No. 269. Total 100% electrification at the barangay level was attained in March 2012.

The franchise area of BENECO comprises the 13 towns of Benguet Province composing of 140 barangays and 129 barangays in the City of Baguio for a total of 269 barangays.

BENECO is composed of 11 districts, six districts in Baguio City and five districts in Benguet Province.

In August 2016, the original headquarters at Alapang, La Trinidad, Benguet was transferred at #4 South Drive, Baguio City to provide ” one-stop-shop ” service to member-consumers and centralize all the management and operations command of the Cooperative.
The building has a total of 3,000 sqm. of space housing the Gen. Pedro Dumol Hall, Gen. Sanchez Hall, offices, linemen’s quarters, collection center and other service facilities