Energy conservation necessary: Angara

THE Philippines’ having  the most expensive power in Asia is also taking a  toll on  the finances of the government  as its  utility expenses is expected to hit at least P11 billion next year, more than double than what it was seven years ago.
Aurora Rep. Juan Edgardo  M. Angara said that although  the national government is setting aside P10.18 billion  in the P1.812 trillion  2012  national  budget for electricity and water  use in its offices, the historical trend based on audit  reports is that yearly it ends up spending  almost a billion pesos more than what had been originally budgeted.”
“So next year, we  are looking at an annual utility bill of  P11 billion or something like P30.2  million a day,  which is for national government agencies alone and does not include the utilities consumed by local governments,” Rep. Sonny Angara said.
“Kung lalagyan mo ng metro ang konsumo ng gobyerno sa kuryente at tubig, lalabas na ang patak nito ay P1.25 million kada oras,” Rep. Angara said. “The government can actually  build one classroom for every 30 minutes of its utility use,” he added.