Sunstar Davao
THE government had committed some negligence in its decision to allow the private sector to handle energy management in the country, an Energy official admitted Thursday.
"The government made some wrong decisions on giving the private electric cooperatives and power plants handle the energy management... where the government did not anticipate the negative outcome of such decision," Department of Energy (DOE) Undersecretary Josefina Patricia M. Asirit said.
Asirit graced Thursday’s Information and Education Campaign of the DOE at the Marco Polo Hotel in Davao City.
Over a hundred representatives from power companies in Davao Region, Central Mindanao and the Caraga Region attended the energy forum.
"I don't want to put the burden on electric cooperatives, we need to educate the people on renewable energy and the needed power supply in the future," she said.
Asirit said the agency has embarked on "energy reform agenda" in a bid to mainstream access of the greater majority to reliable energy services and fuel efficiency thru bio-ethanol utilization.
She said local production of renewable energy and countryside development is among the thrusts of Energy department.
Published in the Sun.Star Davao newspaper on April 01, 2011.
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