377 Baguio folks get amnesty for power lines
>> Wednesday, February 16, 2022
BAGUIO CITY -- The City Assessor’s Office disclosed it
received only 377 applications for amnesty for electrical connections from May
to December last year following the implementation of an ordinance extending
amnesty for power connections in the city.
City Assessor Maria Almaya Addawe said of the filed applications, 74 percent of the same had been approved while 14 applications were denied for various reasons.
She expressed hope that there will be more residents who will avail of the aforesaid amnesty as the local legislative body passed a similar ordinance extending the same for another 6-month period this year to allow people to have legitimate power connections with the Benguet Electric Cooperative.
The city assessor said among reasons for denial of applications for amnesty include the fact that there is already an existing assessment for the concerned structure, another separate application had been filed for assessment for the same structure, the structures that are subject to assessment are located in safeguarded areas and that the individuals that requested for the assessment of their structures did not appear during the scheduled inspection.
According to her, one of the prohibitions of the ordinance extending amnesty to owners of structures purposely for power connection is that the same must not be situated in safeguarded areas such as forest and watershed reservations or in danger zones that had been previously identified by the concerned government agencies and the local government.
The assessment of the structures with the appurtenant tax declaration will serve as a basis for the applicant of the same to support his or her application for the issuance of the certificate of electrical inspection from the City Buildings and Architecture Office (CBAO) and subsequently for their application for electrical connection with Beneco.
Addawe said with extension of amnesty period for electrical connections, there will be a significant increase in applications that will be processed by the office so that people will be able to have legitimate power connections with the electric cooperative that will be beneficial in reducing pilferage.– Dexter A. See
City Assessor Maria Almaya Addawe said of the filed applications, 74 percent of the same had been approved while 14 applications were denied for various reasons.
She expressed hope that there will be more residents who will avail of the aforesaid amnesty as the local legislative body passed a similar ordinance extending the same for another 6-month period this year to allow people to have legitimate power connections with the Benguet Electric Cooperative.
The city assessor said among reasons for denial of applications for amnesty include the fact that there is already an existing assessment for the concerned structure, another separate application had been filed for assessment for the same structure, the structures that are subject to assessment are located in safeguarded areas and that the individuals that requested for the assessment of their structures did not appear during the scheduled inspection.
According to her, one of the prohibitions of the ordinance extending amnesty to owners of structures purposely for power connection is that the same must not be situated in safeguarded areas such as forest and watershed reservations or in danger zones that had been previously identified by the concerned government agencies and the local government.
The assessment of the structures with the appurtenant tax declaration will serve as a basis for the applicant of the same to support his or her application for the issuance of the certificate of electrical inspection from the City Buildings and Architecture Office (CBAO) and subsequently for their application for electrical connection with Beneco.
Addawe said with extension of amnesty period for electrical connections, there will be a significant increase in applications that will be processed by the office so that people will be able to have legitimate power connections with the electric cooperative that will be beneficial in reducing pilferage.– Dexter A. See
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