NEA: 94% power target on track

It’s a slow and steady race to lift the country’s electrification rate, with the National Electrification Administration (NEA) aiming to reach nearly 92 percent this year and push further gains by 2026.

- By GABRIELL CHRISTEL GALANG

In an ambush interview last week, NEA Administrator Antonio Almeda said the agency remains firm on its 94-percent national electrification target, supported by its push for a higher budget for next year.

“Last year, we’re at 89-percent [electrification rate]... By end-2025, we’ll be achieving 91.7 percent. And with the increase in subsidy granted to us by the Congress, we’re expecting or targeting 94-percent electrification rate,” he told reporters.