MANILA, Philippines — The Marcos administration is ready to conduct a brand new aggressive choice course of (CSP) later this 12 months for the event of microgrid methods in distant areas after a failed bidding in 2024.
The Division of Vitality (DOE) has initially recognized 71 tons protecting 167 unserved and underserved areas, which will probably be auctioned off to microgrid system suppliers (MGSPs).
The schedule of bidding actions for the third spherical of MGSP-CSP can be introduced by the tip of subsequent month, the DOE mentioned.
Vitality Undersecretary Rowena Cristina Guevara mentioned this 12 months’s public sale is a vital step towards attaining complete family electrification within the Philippines.
To encourage extra traders, the DOE has promulgated the revised implementing guidelines and rules governing the Microgrid Methods Act, streamlining the CSP procedures and clarifying provisions of the service contracts.
With this transfer, Guevara mentioned the federal government is “sending a transparent sign (that) the Philippines is prepared and open for sustainable microgrid investments.”
“By way of these efforts, we intention to empower our most distant communities with clear, dependable, and reasonably priced power, as a result of power entry is not only a coverage goal — it’s a elementary proper,” she mentioned.
Additional, the DOE is intently working with distribution utilities and related authorities businesses to assemble knowledge on the areas to be provided underneath this upcoming public sale, notably when it comes to power demand and potential.
The DOE launched the second spherical of MGSP-CSP final 12 months. Nonetheless, the lone proponent that expressed curiosity within the public sale did not submit the required paperwork.
Republic Act 11646 or the Microgrid Methods Act mandates the conduct of a CSP earlier than an MGSP can serve off-grid areas.
Newest DOE knowledge confirmed that round 200 underserved and unserved areas within the nation have been needing microgrid methods.
Unserved areas are people who haven’t any entry to electrical energy, distribution system strains, house energy methods or any microgrid system, whereas underserved areas check with presently served areas the place energy provide is lower than 24 hours each day.