Energy Secretary re-affirms government's commitment to rural electrification

The Philippine Star, 28 June 2004 (Please click here to read more....)

News in Brief, Manila Bulletin, 28 June 2004

Energy Secretary Vincent S. Perez, Jr. has re-affirmed the government's commitment to rural electrification during the Village Power Conference sponsored by Preferred Energy Inc. (PEI) and the World Bank-ESMAP in Makati recently. "One of the most successful accomplishments of the Arroyo administration is that more than 50 percent of rural households were electrified in the last 3 years," Perez stressed. He cited the Department of Energy's progrma (ER 1-94) to jumpstart the electrification of rural communities with the help of the private sector. "More than half of barangays electrified in the last 3 years came from independent power companies," Perez pointed out. At the conference, Perez was presented with a case study of the Bagong Bayan Community-based Electrification and Livelihood Project. This is an integrated energy (hybrid micro-hydro/diesel genset) and livelihood (ice plant) project implemented through the collaborative efforts of multi-sectoral groups.

"Power to the People:

A Conference on Community-based Village Power Financing

and Incubator Services for Off-Grid Areas"

Business World, 21 June 2004 (Please click here to read more....)

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