AboitizPower hydro unit utilizes P20.1M for host LGUs in Luzon, Mindanao
Hedcor, AboitizPower’s run-of-river hydropower subsidiary, keeping true to its commitment to power its host communities in Northern Luzon and Mindanao with Cleanergy. The company is remitting a total of P20.1 million of generation shares under the Energy Regulations 1-94 (ER 1-94) policy of the Department of Energy (DOE).

The ER 1-94 program allows Hedcor’s host communities to get a share of one centavo for every kilowatt-hour (P0.01/kWh) generated by Hedcor’s facility in the area. The revised provision of the ER 1-94 policy now allows direct remittance of funds from Hedcor to its host communities.
“In accordance with the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act, host LGUs can maximize ER 1-94 shares in mitigating the repercussions brought by the pandemic,” says Andy Faelnar, assistant vice president of Hedcor Group.
While generating Cleanergy, AboitizPower’s brand of clean and renewable energy, Hedcor is able to further advance its partner communities’ development through ER 1-94.
Faelnar said the ER 1-94 funds are to be used for electrification, for development and livelihood programs, and for reforestation, watershed management, health, and environmental enhancement programs. But with the Bayanihan Act, host LGUs may now also opt to use this funding for the construction of COVID-19 facilities along with the procurement of medical testing kits and other supplies and necessities.
Additionally, Hedcor Group’s remittances before 2018 which are currently with DOE are also being downloaded by the agency to the local government units of the host communities.
In Mindanao, the funds are to be received and utilized by over 12 barangays, four cities and municipalities, the province of Davao del Sur and Bukidnon, and Region XI. In Northern Luzon, the ER 1-94 funds are directed to host barangays in Benguet, Mt. Province, and Ilocos Sur.
Eagle Cement vows to continue support to 18,000 families

Eagle Cement Corp. said it will continue to serve the needs of vulnerable communities around its facilities, as it provides immediate food relief for 18,000 families economically displaced by the COVID-19 pandemic.
To date, the local cement manufacturer has distributed a total of 21,000 food packs consisting of rice and canned food to the most needy families and its host communities in Bulacan and Cebu.
To ensure the health and safety of the communities it serves and operates in, EAGLE has consistently distributed more than 21,000 relief goods to 18,000 families over the past two months. It is estimated that each food pack containing rice and canned goods lasts about two weeks for a family of four.
With the support of its employees, the Armed Forces of the Philippines, local government units, and community leaders, the cement firm has been providing assistance to 34 barangays within the municipalities of San Ildefonso, Doña Remedios Trinidad, and San Rafael, Bulacan, as well as 2 barangays in Malabuyoc, Cebu where EAGLE’s fourth integrated production line is intended to be established. This widens its distribution from 13 barangays in two municipalities initially reported back in April.
Apart from vulnerable families, EAGLE has also extended help to more brackets of frontline workers including health care practitioners and ancillary employees of health care institutions like maintenance and administrative staff; public school employees; firefighters; military; police; and other disaster response officers. The beneficiaries now also include religious organizations, orphanages, and indigenous peoples.
The company continues to address the health and hygiene needs of the residents by providing free water supply, and hygiene products such as bath soaps and hand sanitizers.