MALASIQUI, Pangasinan -- The Central Pangasinan Electric Cooperative (CENPELCO) targets to energize next year the remaining 136 ‘sitios’ (smaller part of a barangay) within its jurisdiction that still have no electricity.
CENPELCO general manager Engr. Rodrigo Corpuz, in a phone interview on Wednesday, said these ‘sitios’ are extension of barangays, which still have no standard line of electricity.
“These sitios or sometimes called ‘purok’ emerged after some time, when people built houses in what used to be vacant lots,” he said.
Corpuz disclosed that CENPELCO already submitted a funding request of PHP10 million to PHP15 million to the National Electrification Administration for the electrification of these sitios.
In 42 years of the cooperative’s existence, he said they have already energized 14 municipalities and one city, with 553 barangays and 2,175 ‘sitios’.
“We are still at 93.75 percent electrification of ‘sitios’ but hopefully until next year, we will be able to totally energize all ‘sitios’ in our jurisdiction,” he added. (PNA)
