Philippines: NEA lights up thousands of homes in the countryside

Philippines: NEA lights up thousands of homes in the countryside

With almost half a decade of delivering electrification services to the
countryside, the National Electrification Administration (NEA) has literally
brought light to thousands of homes in the countryside, enabling many
Filipinos to enjoy the convenience of electricity ushering many cities and
municipalities to development and progress.

In his message during the 48th founding anniversary of NEA early this week,
Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi said with NEA at the forefront, we are able
to transition to a new and higher phase of economic development with
improved economic conditions, benefiting many communities and people.

Over the years, the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 or EPIRA
instituted reforms in four sectors of the industry - power generation has
become competitive; the transmission sector is now under concession
contract; distribution is continuously being regulated and the introduction
of the supply sector has allowed competition to flourish, Cusi said.

EPIRA gave NEA the additional mandate of ensuring the readiness of electric
cooperatives in a competitive market environment. It can be noted that most
electric cooperatives are doing well while some have governance and
financial problems.

Sec. Cusi urged NEA to exert all efforts to help these ECs that are
classified as "ailing" and identify remedies that are available under
Republic Act 10531 and its IRR so that they can become more viable.

On the other hand, from a 90 percent household electrification level by
2017, the DOE is looking at attaining 100 percent electrification of
targeted and identified households by 2022.

The 100 percent electrification of identified households accessible to the
grid is targeted to be attained by 2022 based on the 2015 census.

Meanwhile, on the targeted 90 percent household electrification by 2017, DOE
is happy to announce that they met the target a year earlier. By end of
2016, our household electrification stood at 90.65 percent, which means that
we are able to provide electricity services to 20.59 million out of 22.72
million households all over the country.

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Link to Original Article:
http://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1351501830437

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John Diecker
APT Consulting Group Co., Ltd.

www.aptthailand.com