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Cool and green Benguet

During the 1950s to the 1960s, the
National Power Corporation was able
to build two major hydropower projects
in Benguet, thanks to the province's
watersheds and rich river systems.
These facilities are the 105MW
Ambuklao and 140MW Binga plants,
located in Bokod and Itogon towns.

Ironically, these plants, now under
Aboitiz Power, do not directly serve nor
benet the Cordillera people. The
facilities have been assigned for
peaking and ancillary services for the
Luzon grid. In fact, BENECO's
currently gets all of its power from coal.

However, Ambuklao and Binga are
mere fractions of the province's
hydropower potential. Benguet and
the Cordilleras hold more than two
thousand megawatt of hydropower
potential, according to hydrological
studies.

M e a n w h i l e , i t s m o u n t a i n o u s An aerial view of the site and the ongoing
landscape and cool temperature construction work for the Man-asok minihydro
power project located at Barangay Sebang,
continue to make Benguet one of the
Buguias, Benguet. Photos from the website of
country's top tourist destinations. the Benguet Electric Cooperative (Beneco).

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