DBM releases P3.627B for continuous gov't rural electrification program
In a statement, the DBM said Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman approved the Special Allotment Release Order (SARO) for the 2025 Strategized Rural Electrification and Operational Reliability for Electric Cooperatives (ECs) to the National Electrification Administration (NEA).
"We have released more than P3.627 billion to cover the continuous implementation of NEA's Rural Electrification Program. Of this amount to cover the energization of 1,752 sitios and five barangays under the 2025 subsidy," said Pangandaman.
Broken down, of the P3.627-billion released funds, P3.439 billion will be used to cover the energization of 1,752 sitios under the subsidy for Fiscal Year 2025 for the Sitio Electrification Program under the 2025 General Appropriations Act (GAA).
Another P68.839 million will be allotted for the rehabilitation of five barangays that were previously served by off-grid solutions but deemed unsustainable, through the Barangay Line Enhancement Program.
The DBM, moreover, said a total of P120 million will be utilized to procure and distribute 4,000 units of Solar Photovoltaic Mainstreaming to provide electricity to communities without access to reliable power sources.
The Budget Department said that, from 2017 to 2024, the NEA has already energized a total of 9,645 sitios, leaving a balance of 9,622 unenergized targeted sitios to be funded by the national budget until 2028. —AOL, GMA Integrated News
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