The Central Negros Electric Cooperative Inc. (CENECO) is one of the 119 electric cooperatives in the Philippines. It was incorporated on February 24 1975 in Bacolod City in the Province of Negros Occidental. CENECO initially serviced Silay City; on May 16 1976 it took over the electric system of the Municipality of Murcia. On June 1978 with the help of the national government CENECO purchased and took over the A. S. Diaz Electric service (ASDES) which served Bacolod City and Talisay.