The National Electrification Administration (NEA), in partnership with the Benguet Electric Cooperative (BENECO), has provided at least 87 households with access to electricity in Barangay Ansagan, Tuba, Benguet under the Sitio Electrification Program (SEP).
NEA administrator Antonio Mariano Almeda led the switch-on ceremony on Oct. 30, 2025.
Almeda called illuminating a remote village a “gratifying experience” given the positive changes access to electricity can bring.
“This is our way of making people feel that the national government cares for all of you—to provide you with the much-needed electricity for the students; for your livelihood,” Almeda told members of the community, which was led by barangay captain Atos Adonis.
Almeda was joined by Tuba Mayor Clarita Sal-ongan, BENECO general-manager Melchor Licoben and BENECO board president George Dumawing Jr.
Ansagan, located in the southern tip of Tuba, is home to over 2,000 residents whose main source of livelihood is farming.
Almeda said the NEA has been exerting its best efforts to “achieve 100-percent electrification before the term of our dear President Bongbong Marcos ends.”
The overall energization project covers 44 sitios/puroks and 375 household connections.
