The Secondary Sector
Published: May 16, 2023 02:21 AM
Electricity, Gas and Water
a. Power
Electricity in the city is supplied by the San Jose City Electric Cooperative (SAJELCO). It draws energy from the Angat Hydroelectric Project as its major source and Pantabangan Hydroelectric Project as a secondary source. The whole 38 barangays of the city is energized by it adding thereto the 4 neighboring barangays of Muņoz, Carranglan and Llanera which are also being serviced by the SAJELCO.
The independent electric cooperative is supervised and given technical assistance by the National Electrification Administration (NEA). The SAJELCO substation which is located in Barangay Calaocan can generate a capacity of ten (10) mega volt amperes (MVA) servicing a total connections of 32,346 as of December 2015. The SAJELCO charges P8.7759 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) on residential consumers and P 7.9625 per kWh on commercial consumers. The succeeding tables show various data relating to the status of electrification and membership and power rate by type of consumer.
(see table 47 and 48)
Recently, a new Power Plant has been opened in the agro-industrial site of the city. Privately owned, it is a rice husk generated power plant which could supply electric power to the city in case of emergency.
