The Association of Philippine Electric Cooperatives, also known as the APEC Partylist, is a party list in the Philippines representing cooperatives in the electricity sector, mainly urban and suburban areas. Sunny Rose Madamba, Ernesto Pablo, and Edgar Valdez are the party's three representatives in the House of Representatives. In the 14 May 2007 election, the party won 2 seats in the nationwide party-list vote.
History The Association of Philippine Electric Cooperatives (APEC) was formed for the purpose of joining the 1998 Philippine House of Representatives elections, the first ever election where party-list groups were elected to the lower house of the Congress. Five months prior to the election, electric cooperatives mostly from Mindanao hastily formed APEC including its names and nominees. It is the only organization garner more than 4 percent votes.
This along with the consequential lack of a track record caused APEC's eligibility be questioned before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) which was later won by the group. APEC insisted that it can't be faulted for the Comelec's late issuance of the implementing rules and regulations for Republic Act No. 7941 of the Partylist law. The Supreme Court dismissed the disqualification case against APEC in 2002.
Former APEC representative Edgar Valdez was charged with receiving P57.787 million in kickbacks through bogus foundations formed by Janet Lim-Napoles. In February 2015, the Sandiganbayan anti-graft court issued a warrant of arrest against Valdez on plunder charges in connection with the pork barrel scam.
Electoral performance Election Votes % Seats1998 503,487 5.50% 2001 802,060 5.30% 2004 934,995 7.35% 2007 619,657 3.88% 2010 313,359 1.04% 2013 146,111 0.53% 2016 - - 2019 479,729 1.74% 2022271,3800.74%2025310,4270.74%
Representatives to Congress Period1st Representative2nd Representative3rd Representative13th Congress2004–2007Sunny Rose MadambaErnesto PabloEdgar Valdez14th Congress2007–2010Ernesto PabloEdgar Valdez15th Congress2010–2013Ponciano Payuyo18th Congress2019–2022Sergio Dagooc19th Congress2022–2025Sergio Dagooc20th Congress2025–2028Sergio Dagooc
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