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. 

Administrator Almeda and SAMELCO I General Manager Atty. Edson Piczon held a traditional switch-on ceremony in the remote neighborhood to celebrate this development with the residents and barangay officials led by acting chairperson Maribel Damalla-Senolos.

Also present were SAMELCO I Board President Leonardo Piczon, Jr. Vice President Melinda Briones, and Director Editha Serrato. Residents Gina Lutoc and Emielor Caspe spoke on behalf of the SEP beneficiaries in their sitio to express their gratitude for this rural electrification project.

SEP is one of the long running programs of the state-owned corporation to achieve its 100 percent total electrification target by 2028. In 2023, the NEA and its partner electric cooperatives nationwide energized a total of 1,148 sitios. ###