President Rodrigo Duterte has instructed the Department of Energy (DoE) and the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to allow the private sector to participate in the complete electrification of rural areas in the Philippines.
In a statement on Sunday, DoE said the President told Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi and Erc Chairman and CEO Agnes Devanadera in a meeting on March 6 that he wanted barriers blocking private companies from entering areas unserved or underserved by electric cooperatives (ECs) to be removed.
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