By
John Bello - January 24, 2017
PAGBILAO, Quezon—A
coal-fired power plant here is providing solar power to poor residents.
Around 145 individuals
in Sitio Daungang Pari, a small and secluded community, are the beneficiaries
of the 10-watt, peak solar-home lighting systems equipped with two lightbulbs,
a solar panel and a cell-phone charger.
The residents of the
sitio are experiencing the benefits of electricity in their households for the
first time as they received 29 solar-home systems from TeaM Energry Foundation
Inc. (Tefi) through its Light-A-Home project, said Ricky de Castro, Tefi
executive director.
“The Light-A-Home
project was conceptualized in order to provide electricity to the underserved
communities that did not qualify in the government’s criteria for their
electrification program,” said de Castro, adding the program is Tefi’s way of
partnering with the government in helping fully energize even the most remote
areas of the country.
TeamEnergy Corp. (TEC)
runs the 430-MW coal-fired power plant in Barangay Iba, Polo. It was originally
Hopewell Power Corp. in the 1990s when it started operation during the
administration of then-Gov. Eduardo Rodriguez.
TEC is bruited about as
representing one of the biggest Japanese investments in the country, which is
run by a predominantly Filipino work force.
Tefi is the social
development arm of TEC, a partnership between two Japanese firms Tokyo Electric
Power Co. and Marubeni Corp. It also operates a bigger 1,200-MW coal-fired
power plant in Sual, Pangasinan.
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