VECO to pursue Cebu Unplugged campaign in barangays

• Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/business/2015/08/24/veco-pursue-cebu-unplugged-campaign-barangays-426442
• Monday, August 24, 2015

By Katlene O. Cacho

FOLLOWING its campaign on power conservation among schools, power distribution utility firm Visayan Electric Co. (VECO) is bringing the campaign to the barangay level.

This project will be done in tandem initially with the Cebu City Government through Councilor Nida Cabrera, who is also an environment champion.

According to Lawyer Jill Verallo, head of VECO’s reputation enhancement department, VECO has already discussed with Cabrera the Cebu Unplugged project, which is expected to bring awareness on energy conservation among the households in Cebu’s 80 barangays.

Cebu Unplugged is a power-saving campaign initiated encouraging the public to adopt eight ways to save energy at home.

The Cebu Unplugged-Barangay project will have 200 participants within VECO’s franchise area composed of two representatives per barangay. Verallo said these representatives will act as VECO’s ambassadors in disseminating information about the power conservation campaign.

VECO, though, has yet to convene the participants, as they are awaiting Cabrera’s endorsement of the project to the barangay. But the program, Verallo said, is ready for rollout.

During the testing phase, VECO will chose one barangay and will initially read the power consumption of five households, five commercial establishments and two industrial establishments.

Verallo said they will heavily educate these select establishments and households on how to manage their power consumption so other participating barangays will know how the project works. The said monitoring will be done for a year.