Electrification of Abra villages on

BANGUED, Abra – Electrification of remote rural villages in this province is ongoing full blast.

With support from Abra Gov. Eustaquio Bersamin, the Abra Electric Cooperative is hastening a mini-hydro project and installation of electric lines in 12 villages in remote barangays.

Abreco general manager Loreto Seares Jr. said major projects supported by the Abra provincial government will benefit Abreco member-consumers.

Seares said the mini-hydro project and other targets for electrification will bring electricity to the farthest sitios in the province.

At least 26 out of 27 towns have electricity. Out of 303 barangays, Abreco is providing service at least 85 percent.

Seares said, “working hand-in-hand with the provincial government will surely benefit the people of Abra. Together we will make the difference and harmony will give us strength.”

Citing the construction of line extension in Sitio Casakgudan in Barangay San Ramon East, Manabo town, since 2010, poor families, he added, were relieved of having no power considering their agricultural activities.

Now, 60 households in Sitio Casakgudan, San Ramos East (Manabo), a scenic Tingguian village whose inhabitants are mostly poor farmers, enjoy electricity.

Seares said the local government of Manabo town who requested energization, were very glad with the project’s completion.