Almost all households
in the NCR were using electricity
- The National Capital Region (NCR) was the lead region among electricity
users. Almost all (98.6%) of its 1.8 million households reported using
electricity, Region III, followed with 94.0 percent.
- Region VII had the lowest proportion (68.2%) of households using electricity.
Kerosene and fuelwood next popular
energy sources
- Kerosene and fuelwood also posted high proportion of users, with 79.9
percent and 63.5 percent, respectively. Biomass residue such as bagasse,
coconut shell and husk, coconut midrib, etc. had the least users (29.2%).
- Kerosene was widely used in Region VIII (98.0%); fuelwood in Region
I (89.6%); charcoal in Region IX (46.8%) and LPG in NCR (67.7%).
Dry cell batteries were most
common source of electricity
- A total of 10,760 million households used electricity for energy. Of
this number, 65.8 percent reported dry cell batteries as the source.
- Households that consumed electricity from utilities like MERALCO comprised
29.4 percent of all households while that from electric cooperatives, 39.7
percent. Another 9.4 percent obtained electricity by tapping from neighboring
households with electricity.
LPG and kerosene usually picked
up from dealer/store
- Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and kerosene, two other conventional
form of energy source, were usually picked up from dealer/store, accounting
for 90.9 percent for LPG and 96.7 percent for kerosene.
- Only 8.8 percent of LPG users and 1.5 percent of kerosene users depended
on delivery service.
Non-conventional types of fuel
were self-collected/gathered
- A large proportion of households gathered the fuelwood and biomass
residues they used for household consumption, with 79.3 percent and 90.6
percent, respectively. Only 5.4 percent of the households purchased biomass
residues and 16.0 percent for firewood.
For charcoal, a little less than three-fourths bought the item while
23.9 percent produced them for own-household consumption.
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