About Us
1974
Samar I Electric Cooperative, Inc. (SAMELCO I) was incorporated with the National Electrification Administration on February 27, 1974. It started actual operation three years later on May 27, 1974. Its initial membership numbered 800 member-consumers, all coming from the defunct Calbayog Electric Plant whose system was taken over by the newly organized electric cooperative created under RA 6038 as amended by PD 269. It has two (2) units CAT fuel-run gensets at its power plant in Brgy. Capoocan, Calbayog City as the sole source of power supply. During these periods, SAMELCO I offices were housed in a 0.6-hectare lot in Brgy. Capoocan where the power plant was located. In 1980 it eventually transferred to its new headquarters sprawled in a 3-4 hectares lot located at Brgy. Carayman about 5 kilometers south of the City of Calbayog situated along Maharlika Highway fronting a seashore turned into an open beach resort.
1974-1989
In 1983, this Coop built a 5MVA substation inside the headquarters of SAMELCO I. Later that year, the Ton-ok-Mini-hydro project was commissioned with a capacity of 1080KW. By 1989, the Coop was served with NPC power supply from its geothermal plant in Tongonan, Leyte.
1996
The Coop expanded its coverage to include One (1) City and eleven (11) municipalities/districts. The island municipalities of Tagapul-an and Sto. Niño were added under NPC's Small Island Grid Power System.
2025
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2011
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2007
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MISSION
A leading and stable distribution utility focused on customer satisfaction.
VISION
To provide sustainable, reliable and affordable power service that contributes in uplifting the quality of life of member-consumer-owners
CORE VALUES
S – olidarity
A – ccountablity
M – otivation
E – mpowerment
L – eadership
C – ommitment
O – ptimism
I – ntegrity
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