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BY MAE SINGUAY
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Thursday, March 16, 2017
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Central Negros Electric Cooperative general manager Sulpicio Lagarde Jr. (left) and Bacolod City mayor Evelio Leonardia explain to the press on Wednesday, March 15 how they intend to reduce the electricity consumption of the local government. ARCHIE REY ALIPALO/PN
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BACOLOD City – City hall will go after illegal connections to reduce its monthly electricity bills.
The Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco) will help track down households or establishments whose electricity consumption is charged to the city government, according to Mayor Evelio Leonardia.
“Ceneco agreed to [help] locate these (illegal connections),” Leonardia told the press on Wednesday. “We would like to put an end to this practice.”
Public markets will not be an exception. Ceneco general manager Sulpicio Lagarde Jr. made special mention of the Burgos market.
In December last year Ceneco and the Bacolod City Police Office arrested one Celbert Parreño for alleged power pilfering, said Lagarde.
Ceneco also suggested that high-pressure sodium or metal halide bulbs on streetlights be replaced with LED, or light-emitting diode, bulbs.
Around 2,700 streetlights whose electricity consumption is charged to the city must use the more light-efficient bulbs, said Lagarde.
Using LED lights will reduce the bill by between 20 and 25 percent and thus redound to huge savings, he said.
Streetlights, including those on barangay streets, consume electricity costing between P3 million and P6 million a month, Lagarde said./PN
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