Province of Siquijor - UNDP in the Philippines

Source: Province of Siquijor Electric Cooperative (PROSIELCO)
at the municipality of Lazi located at the
southern part of the island. Power Barge
113 came from Mindoro and is basically
used to augment the generation of the
diesel power plants during the peak hours
and another Power Barge 116 installed at
Larena, Siquijor.
As of July 2009, the Province of Siquijor
Electric Cooperative (PROSIELCO), the
island’s distribution system, was able to
provide electrical connections to 15,047
households, which comprised 87.1 percent
of the total households of 17,285. The
remaining 13 percent are not served with
electricity. In terms of barangays served,
134 out of 134 barangays or 100 percent
are served by PROSIELCO.
Clustering of houses and accessibility
in the province are factors that affect the
provision of power lines. Thus, electrical
power is well provided in the two primary
growth centers of the province, which are
the municipalities of Larena and Siquijor.
The province of Siquijor has an average
power consumption of 1.6 mega watts per
hour and has a capacity to generate 1.77
mega watts per hour which entails 0.11
mega watt per hour of surplus power.
Figure 8. Electricity and Household Connections
Source: PROSIELCO
There were 16,542 electrical connections
in the province of Siquijor as of 2009.
These were predominantly residential (81
percent), followed by commercial establishments
(10 percent), streetlights (5 percent),
public buildings (4 percent) and industrial
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