Five electric cooperatives in Luzon and Visayas will benefit from electrification projects under the Locally Funded Project – Total Electrification Program (LFP-TEP) for fiscal year 2025, thanks to a memorandum of agreement signed by these ECs with the Department of Energy (DOE) recently.
Among the first batch of ECs identified by the DOE in a statement yesterday, were the Aklan Electric Cooperative, Aurora Electric Cooperative, and La Union Electric Cooperative. The electrification projects are particularly earmarked for unserved and underserved barangays, sitios, and households, particularly in far-flung, off-grid, and geographically isolated areas.
Last month, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said during his State of the Nation Address that the government will pursue the electrification of three million households in the country that remain not serviced with electricity.
Marcos Jr. said then that among areas where most of these new electricity connections will come from include Quezon Province, Camarines Norte, Palawan, Masbate, Samar, Negros Occidental and Zamboanga del Sur.
The DOE said the package covers 1,492 households with a total allocation of P192.8 million, using a mix of on-grid connections and microgrid solutions through a hybrid system technology with renewable energy component, to deliver reliable, least-cost power.
The agency DOE that recipient ECs were identified in consultation with the National Electrification Administration.
“By bringing electricity to our last-mile communities, we are not merely powering homes; we are also empowering dreams, supporting livelihoods, and strengthening the foundations of inclusive growth,” Energy Secretary Sharon Garin said in the statement.
The LFP-TEP 2025 is the DOE’s flagship push to accelerate electrification through government funding and aligning strategies with distribution utilities, ECs, local government units, and other stakeholders. DOE said the program highlights the link between energy access and human development where education, healthcare, enterprise, and overall quality of life are uplifted through electrification.
