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At least 261 electrification workers from Luzon and Visayas were deployed this week to speed up power restoration efforts in Aurora, Catanduanes and Nueva Vizcaya—three provinces that sustained heavy energy infrastructure damage in the aftermath of Typhoon ‘Pepito.’

Based on its latest situation report, the National Electrification Administration (NEA) through its Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Department (DRRMD) said the teams organized under Task Force Kapatid (TFK) were mobilized since November 19.

The National Electrification Administration (NEA) reported on Monday that the initial estimated cost of damage to electric cooperative (EC) facilities attributed to the four major storms that hit the Philippines this month reached a combined total of P40,675,916.70.

The latest figure covers the trails of destruction left on the rural electrification sector by Typhoons ‘Marce’ (Yinxing), ‘Nika’ (Toraji), ‘Ofel’ (Usagi), and ‘Pepito’ (Man-Yi), which slammed into almost the same regions and provinces over the past few weeks since November 4.

Administrator Antonio Mariano Almeda of the National Electrification Administration (NEA) led on Sunday, 10 November 2024, the energization of Sitio Tabok in Barangay Peña, which is located in the Tinambacan district of Calbayog City, Samar.

The community received the benefits of electricity through the Sitio Energization Program (SEP) of the NEA facilitated by the Samar I Electric Cooperative, Inc. (SAMELCO I). The households were connected through power distribution lines operated and maintained by the co-op to the existing energy grid.