Future-Proof Strategy for Electric Cooperatives to Integrate More Renewables into their Supply Portfolio

The Philippines has close to 150 cooperatives and private distribution utilities, which are responsible for power supply for households and industry on their franchise area. Many of these cooperatives have over contracted themselves with traditional inflexible coal baseload capacity, on top of which they have expensive peaking contracts based on Diesel. That leaves little room to contract cheaper and cleaner renewable energy source into their generation portfolio before existing long-term Power Supply Agreements (PSA) expire.

Meliesa Robante

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Meliesa Robante has been associated with DASURECO, Inc. for more than 10 years and is currently the Institutional Services Department Manager. She is greatly and selflessly involved and committed to fulfilling the Cooperative's mission of alleviating the quality of life of people through the Rural Electrification and Development Programs (REPD). DASURECO is a leading Electric Cooperative in the Philippines with a non-stock, not-for-profit, service-oriented model of a Distribution Service Utility.

Godofredo Guya

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Engr. Godofredo Guya has been with the power sector for more than 3 decades and has been the General Manager (GM) of Davao del Sur Electric Cooperative, Inc. (DASURECO) since 2011. GM Guya is instrumental to the improvement of DASURECO’s distribution line facilities which led to the influx of industries and an increase in consumer membership and household connections.

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