Ongchuan conferred with the DoE’s LGU Sustainable Energy Award

In support of the government’s call for the acceleration in the shift to clean, affordable and secure energy in the country, Northern Samar governor Harris CM Ongchuan has been quietly taking steps to convince local government units (LGUs) in the province to push for clean energy initiatives. 

In this effort, the Nortehanon governor has joined policymakers, national and local government officials, industry leaders, energy experts and civil society organizations in affirming a collective commitment to promote sustainable energy. 

Because of his active perticipation and support, Ongchuan was given recognition recently with the Sustainable Energy Award for the Local Government Unit Category conferred by the Department of Energy (DoE) at the Shangri-La Hotel, Makati City.

“𝐖𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 . . . 𝐓𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞, 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰,” the governor pointed out on accepting the award. 

Even before his assumption in office as governor he has gone out of his way to encourage other LGUs to take bold and collaborative steps in advancing clean energy initiatives, emphasizing that sustainable development is both a responsibility and an opportunity to improve the quality of life of communities. 

The Sustainable Energy Award is a flagship recognition of the DoE recognizing the country’s champions of renewable Energy initiatives.
It has been the vision of President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. for the Philippines to take concrete action in navigating the opportunities and challenges of the country’s energy transition. 

According to energy secretary Sharon Garin, “by shifting to renewable energy (RE) sources such as solar, wind and hydropower, (government) can aim for a more stable and affordable power supply and a more sustainable (and greener) future for all Filipinos.”