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EDC sets aside P1M for typhoon ‘Mario’ victims in Ilocos Norte

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By Leilanie G. Adriano
Staff reporter

Laoag City—At least 124 recipients from the selected host municipalities of the largest wind power farm in Ilocos Norte will be given P1.5 million worth of poultry and livestock project as income replacement after they were identified as one of the hardest hit by typhoon Mario which struck the province last September.

Eric Pascua, head of the provincial government’s Investment Office said that about P1 million of the total amount accounts for the Energy Development Corporation’s (EDC) commitment to provide development and livelihood fund to the host province once it starts selling electricity to the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM).  

Under the law, the EDC is mandated to set aside 25 percent of every one centavo sale of electricity to host municipalities of renewable energy project.

In compliance to the Department of Energy  resolution 1-94, Mr. Pascua said the EDC has pledged to allocate at least P1 million as an advance share of the province for its livelihood program.

Since November this year, the 150-megawatt Burgos wind project of the EDC, the largest wind farm in Southeast Asia with 50 wind turbines situated in a sprawling 600-hectare forestland in Burgos town has started to deliver electricity to WESM.

In view of this, at least 80 of the 124 recipients of the EDC livelihood program will be given 20 broiler chicks each with corresponding chick booster supply until these are ready for harvest.

Meanwhile, some family beneficiaries who are members of an association will be given four heads of sheep worth P16, 500 each.

Through a memorandum of agreement under a counterpart scheme, Pascua said P500,000 of the P1.5 million livelihood assistance will be shouldered by the provincial government and the respective beneficiaries.


To ensure the success of the program, both the Provincial Veterinary Office and the Department of Agriculture are tasked to provide technical assistance.
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