Electric power is supplied by the Oriental Mindoro Electric Cooperative (ORMECO), a privately run cooperative under the supervision of the National Electrification Administration. ORMECO has a dependable capacity of 29.7 megawatts (MW). A land-based 7.5 MW Power Plant of the Global Business Holdings operates in Barangay Papandayan which serves as power source. The establishment of the said inland power plant augments the power supply in the 37 Barangays of Pinamalayan and other neighboring municipalities. Pinamalayan has a total of 15,234 household connections as of December 31, 2012.
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Households Served and Un-served by Electricity, Year 2013 |
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Number of Households |
Percentage % |
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Rural |
Urban |
Rural |
Urban |
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Served |
10,655 |
4,579 |
97% |
97% |
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Unserved |
299 |
129 |
3% |
3% |
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Total |
10,954 |
4,728 |
100% |
100% |
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Source: ORMECO |
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Number of Connections by Type of Users and Average Consumption (KWH/Mo.), Year 2013 |
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Type of Connection |
Number of Connections |
Ave. Consumption (KWH/mo.) |
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Domestic / Residential |
13,019 |
729,522.40 |
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Industrial |
11 |
107,856.00 |
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Commercial |
1,186 |
322,439.10 |
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Public Bldg. |
305 |
137,502.20 |
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Streetlights (Public) |
30 |
8,598.00 |
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Others |
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Total |
14,551 |
1,305,917.70 |
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Source: ORMECO |
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Projected Power Requirements by Type of Connections (KWH) |
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Connection/User |
Projected Power Requirement |
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2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
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1. Domestic / Resd'l. |
9,946,692 |
10,597,240 |
11,238,817 |
11,891,531 |
12,539,865 |
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2. Industrial |
1,495,892 |
1,638,235 |
1,778,743 |
1,919,320 |
2,066,011 |
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3. Commercial |
4,284,506 |
4,442,011 |
4,597,064 |
4,749,781 |
4,907,573 |
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4. Institutional / F.B. |
1,431,389 |
1,581,679 |
1,742,546 |
1,913,991 |
2,102,304 |
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5. Agricultural |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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6. Streetlights (Public) |
186,655 |
196,630 |
206,495 |
216,138 |
226,231 |
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Total |
17,345,134 |
18,455,774 |
19,563,665 |
20,668,762 |
21,841,984 |
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Source: ORMECO |
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