The Siargao Electric Cooperative, Inc. (SIARELCO) restored electricity services to its entire franchise area after fixing a major line fault in one of its undersea cables, which caused widespread power outage affecting many households and businesses for 13 days.

National Electrification Administration (NEA) chief Antonio Mariano Almeda visited Siargao on Saturday, 14 December 2024, to commission a four-megawatt modular generator set.

The genset was part of the imported alternative sources of electricity delivered by neighboring electric cooperatives to SIARELCO in critical areas while it was working to repair the damaged power line.

In a brief commissioning ceremony held at Brgy. Roxas, San Isidro, Surigao del Norte, Administrator Almeda said SIARELCO committed to fully restore its electricity services by December 20. SIARELCO was able to complete the restoration process within the day.

“𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘱𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳,” he said. This would enable the member-consumer-owners of SIARELCO to welcome the upcoming holidays with ease.

The NEA chief also inspected the unloading, installation and commissioning of the 8-megawatt gensets from Agusan del Norte Electric Cooperative, Inc. (ANECO) that will serve as additional augmented power supply.

Joining the Administrator in this activity were NEA Deputy Administrators Atty. Vic Alvaro (Corporate Resources and Financial Services), Engr. Butch Silvano (Technical Services), ANECO General Manager (GM) Darwin Daymiel and Surigao del Norte Electric Cooperative, Inc. (SURNECO) GM Virbuen Ladaga. ###