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After a disastrous energy provide cope with the Villar household’s SIPCOR, Siquijor island will get a brand new associate in Vivant Power, a subsidiary of the Garcia-Escaño household’s Vivant Company
MANILA, Philippines – Cebu-based Vivant Power, an influence agency of one in all Cebu’s outdated wealthy households, will likely be Siquijor’s electrical energy supplier for 15 years, ending the province’s seek for a steady energy supplier following an power disaster in 2025.
The event got here after Vivant Power — a subsidiary of Cebu-based energy and water conglomerate Vivant Company — received a aggressive choice course of carried out by the Province of Siquijor Electrical Cooperative (PROSIELCO). The ability provide settlement was signed on December 30 final yr.
In a press release, PROSIELCO mentioned, “This partnership goals to reinforce energy reliability and guarantee long-term power safety for all the province of Siquijor. This settlement displays a shared dedication to offering steady, sustainable, and reliable electrical energy for our communities — supporting financial development and enhancing the standard of life of each Siquijodnon.”
The Garcia-Escaño household of Cebu owns round 76% of Vivant Company. The corporate has been concerned in energy era, distribution, and retail electrical energy because the 1900s when the household took over the Visayan Electrical Firm Inc. (VECO), energy provider of Cebu Metropolis and its surrounding cities. VECO is the Philippines’ second largest privately owned electrical energy distribution utility.
Among the many Garcias in Vivant Company are Francis Damasus A. Garcia as chairman of the board; Ramontito E. Garcia as vice chairman of the board; and Emil Andre Garcia as president. Vivant’s CEO is Arlo A.G. Sarmiento, a nephew of Ramontito.
Underneath the 15-year settlement, Vivant will provide all the province, contracting 11 megawatts of capability from its diesel energy plant positioned in Barangay Bogo within the municipality of Maria. It is going to provide energy to the cities of Larena, Lazi, Maria, San Juan, Enrique Villanueva, and Siquijor.
“We’re enthusiastic about this partnership and we’re hopeful that upon completion of the facility plant, households and companies will achieve entry to steady and reliable electrical energy,” mentioned PROSIELCO basic supervisor Glenn Galvan in a press release on Friday, January 2.
“It has lengthy been Vivant Power’s thrust to prioritize areas which might be largely underserved,” Vivant Power vice chairman for off-grid options Eric Omamalin mentioned.
Final yr, residents and enterprise homeowners complained of the facility outages, which lasted as much as 20 hours a day, hurting the folks’s each day lives and the island’s tourism. On the time, the province was served by the Siquijor Island Energy Company (SIPCOR), owned by the Villar household.
In June 2025, the provincial authorities of Siquijor declared a state of calamity after a month of each day energy outages.
About two months later, the federal government shut down SIPCOR for “operational and regulatory” violations. It was changed by TotalPower Inc., which was underneath an emergency energy provide settlement solely.
Siquijor, a part of the Negros Island Area within the Visayas, wants dependable energy to maintain its financial development. It’s an rising tourism vacation spot within the Philippines. – Rappler.com
