Monday, April 7, 2014

Kalinga coop powers off-grid barangays


By Peter Balocnit

TANUDAN, Kalinga -- The Kalinga Electric Cooperative is connecting more barangays  of this town  to main electric grid.

Corazon Tomas, KAELCO general manager, reported two  sitios of Taloctoc were electrified with  power last week.

“We now move to Mangali to electrify its five barangays including sitio Banagao at Poblacion, the seat of the municipal government,” she said.

 Personnel of the KAELCO are  now in Mangali  to consult with the people regarding the connection to the main grid of remaining off-grid barangays in Upper Tanudan.

The meetings to be conducted at barangays Anggacan, Anggacan Sur, Mangali Centro, Lower Mangali and Poblacion, are  aimed to inform prospective consumers of their obligations, safety tips, organization of their power associations and their counterpart on maintenance.

KAELCO plans  to electrify all the barangays of Tanudan until 2016, the time table set by President Aquino to complete the energization program of government.

Tomas expressed hope that  the road towards the  remaining un-energized barangays particularly Lubo, Gaang and Dacalan will be opened  to hasten  electrification. 


According to her, power routes usually follow road networks.

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