Negros Oriental II Electric Cooperative (NORECO-II) Institutional Services Department Manager Derek Erames (speaking) is calling on the next of kin of deceased NORECO-II member-consumer-owners (MCO) to properly assume the accounts of the deceased MCOs. Erames was speaking during the Kapihan sa PIA forum held April 10, 2025 at the NORECO Main Office in Dumaguete City. (KAT/PIA7-Negros Oriental)
DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental (PIA) – The Negros Oriental II Electric Cooperative (NORECO II) is calling on the next of kin of deceased Member-Consumer-Owners (MCOs) of the electric cooperative to assume the accounts of the deceased MCO.
NORECO II is updating their MCO records after discovering that in 2023, 7,565 MCOs have died but their next of kin continue to use the same account.
“We are campaigning to MCOs to change the name on electrical bills, accounts of deceased members. We are giving time to the heirs of deceased members to change the name because this also implies that those who are enjoying electricity with the deceased member’s accounts cannot participate in the cooperative’s activities,” said NORECO II institutional services department manager Derek Erames in a recent Kapihan sa PIA forum.
The next of kin of deceased MCOs are given until October 2025 to apply for a change of name of the account in any NORECO II office.
The individual who will assume the account must be a bonafide member of NORECO-II or undergo the cooperative’s pre-membership orientation to become a legitimate member before they can apply for the change of name or transfer the account of their deceased relative to their name.
Applicants must also provide a recent electric bill or account number, photocopy of any government-issued ID.
If the account of the deceased MCO will be assumed by the member’s spouse, the latter must present a photocopy of their marriage certificate.
If the deceased MCO has several heirs, they would choose among themselves who will assume the account of their parents and present NORECO with a document stating the consent of other siblings.
If the next of kin fails to update the account of the deceased MCO, it could be grounds for deactivation of the account, according to NORECO-II public information division.
NORECO-II has a total of 162,654 members from Pamplona to Basay towns in the southern part of Negros Oriental.
There have been 2,000 MCOs who have already responded to NORECO-II’s call to update their deceased relative’s records. (RAL/PIA7-Negros Oriental)
