Ifugao electric coop energizes 45 sitios

By Vency D. Bulayungan

LAGAWE, Ifugao-The local electric cooperative here  has  energized  45 sitios under  the government's  Sitio Electrification Program (SEP) Batch II  this year.

Jovita Allaga of the Ifugao Electric Cooperative(IFELCO)  Inc. said in an  interview in the daily  radio program “Humangan with PIA” that the 45 sitios are found in seven towns of Alfonso Lista, Lamut, Asipulo, Kiangan, Lagawe, Hungduan and Hingyon.

The said sitios  previously received  power from solar energy but now the households  are  happy to be connected to the IFELCO power lines.

Funded by the National Electrification Administration (NEA), Allaga said that the said program is one of the priority programs of the Aquino Administration  wherein  all sitios should be energized by year 2015.

Meantime, listeners from Tinoc town whose places are not yet energized  have texted  requesting Allaga to include their sitios/barangays in their list for energization which prompted her to air live the requirements for them to accomplish.

According to Richard Basilio of Sitio Buhyu in Barangay Binoblayan, Tinoc, they need electricity for their business along the provincial road leading to Tinoc where buses stop for passengers to eat. “Passengers usually want something cold to drink but we cannot provide them since we do not have electricity,” Basilio said.

Allaga assured Basilio that they will act on the said request since that is their mandate under the Aquino Administration.