Nasa 1.8 million households sa Pilipinas ang wala pa ring kuryente. Pero ayon sa Energy department, may plano na sila para habulin ang target na 100 percent electrification sa ilalim ng administrasyong Marcos.
Ang detalye sa ulat ni Eimor Santos.
Visit our website for more #NewsYouCanTrust: https://www.cnnphilippines.com/
Follow our social media pages:
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CNNPhilippines
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cnnphilippines/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/cnnphilippines
Ang detalye sa ulat ni Eimor Santos.
Visit our website for more #NewsYouCanTrust: https://www.cnnphilippines.com/
Follow our social media pages:
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CNNPhilippines
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cnnphilippines/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/cnnphilippines
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00 We will spare no effort to achieve full household electrification by the end of my term.
00:05 100% is within our reach.
00:08 [applause]
00:11 [reporter speaking in Tagalog]
00:25 The 100% total household electrification was promised by the previous administration to have been achieved as early as 2020.
00:35 In short, this was not accomplished by the previous administration.
00:40 Every NEA promises that, and of course it's good to promise, but we have to back you up.
00:47 According to Energy Secretary Rafael Otilia, the electrification rate in 2015 already exceeded 98%.
00:55 But it dropped to 96% in 2020 due to the increase in the population.
01:01 Based on the latest data, 1.8 million households still do not have electricity.
01:08 The number of households is increasing.
01:10 So you cannot keep up. We cannot cope with this.
01:13 The National Electrification Administration has a plan to achieve the target.
01:19 But the funding needed is almost P70 billion in the next five years, or P14 billion per year.
01:27 If our plan will work out right, we can achieve 100% by 2027.
01:35 The problem is that for 2024, the DOE and NEA only asked for P6 billion for electrification,
01:43 and the budget department has already paid for it.
01:45 If this plan will not be returned, only P500 billion instead of P2,000 will be provided.
01:51 Senators said that the agency should fight for additional funding.
01:56 I have a budget that I am increasing for training.
01:59 Training on how to get rich.
02:02 I think they are lacking in the area.
02:05 We are hard-tired people from NIA because others can afford it.
02:11 Senate Energy Committee Chairman Rafi Tulfo is urging the NEA to transfer the fund of the agencies.
02:21 But Finance Subcommittee Chairman Wynne Gatchalian asked,
02:25 can NEA achieve the billion-peso project?
02:30 During the time of President Aquino, when the Malampayang plans were appropriated for the rural electrification,
02:37 NEA was able to accomplish from 2011 to 2016 34,000 sites.
02:48 The Senate Committee level has already approved the P2.6 billion fund of the DOE for the next year.
02:57 But there is still hope that it will be added to the plenary.
03:00 Amor Santos, CNN Philippines.