By John Bello - February 20, 2017
PAGBILAO, QUEZON—A coal-fired power
plant here is providing electricity to poor residents through solar power.
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 light bulbs, 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 TeamEnergry Foundation Inc.
(Tefi) through its “Light A Home” project, said Ricky de Castro, executive
director of Tefi.
“The Light A Home project was
conceptualized in order to provide electricity to the underserved communities
that do no qualify in the government’s criteria for their electrification
program,” de Castro said, 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-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Barangay Iba Polo here and was
originally Hopewell Power Corp. in the 1990s when it started operation during
the administration of then-Gov. Eduardo Rodriguez.
TEC represents 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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