Beneco asked to install led lights

THE City Council will request the Benguet Electric Cooperative Inc. (Beneco) to install light-emitting diode (LED) streetlights for free, including fixtures and consumption in all barangays requesting replacement of busted light bulbs and fixtures.

The body recently approved a resolution asking the power firm to provide the service as part of its "corporate social responsibility."

The aldermen were also studying a proposed resolution authored by Councilor Betty Lourdes Tabanda authorizing Mayor Mauricio Domogan to enter into a memorandum of agreement with Beneco to institutionalize the power firm’s assumption of the increase in power consumption as a result of the replacement of some streetlight fixtures from 70 watts to 250 watts.

Beneco general manager Gerardo Verzosa last November reported to the city it replaced 279 units of 70 watts high pressure sodium (HPS) into 250-watt streetlight fixtures along 26 major thoroughfares in the city, most of which installed along Loakan Road with 108 units replaced.

Verzosa assured the "power cost difference as of energy consumption due to replacement from 70 watts to 250 watts will be shouldered by Beneco."

"The monthly additional energy increase 20,493 kWh equivalent to P153,756.93 as of November 2014 billing will be absorbed by Beneco to be included as part of its corporate social responsibility related projects," he said.

The body however wanted to make sure the city will not be made to shoulder the additional bill after November 2013.

The aldermen, on Tabanda's motion, tasked the City Engineer’s Office to confirm if indeed the fixtures had been replaced as reported by the Beneco.

Councilor Fred Bagbagen sought to require Beneco to submit a copy of the board resolution authorizing the switch from the 70 to 250 watts and for the firm to absorb the additional energy consumption as a result of the switch. (Aileen Refuerzo)

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