SNAP-Benguet: Empowering Communities for 15 years
For
the past 15 years, SN Aboitiz Power-Benguet (SNAP-Benguet) has been generating
renewable, reliable, and responsible energy and providing meaningful
opportunities in the communities where it operates. Since 2008, SNAP-Benguet
has helped meet the country's growing electricity demand with its two plants,
the 112.5-megawatt (MW) Ambuklao and 140-MW Binga hydros.
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SNAP CEO Joseph Yu leads the SNAP-Benguet management and team members at their 15th anniversary celebration on July 10, 2023 |
Over
the years, the company has marked several milestones, beginning with the
re-operation of the Ambuklao plant, which came back online in 2011. SNAP has
made additional operational improvements, including the refurbishment of the
Binga plant from 100 to 140 MW, and most recently, the successful uprating of
Ambuklao’s capacity from 105 to 112.5 MW.
"SNAP-Benguet
should continue to provide light, but not just light from the power, but to be
a light beacon in other people's lives and the community," said Benguet
Governor Melchor Diclas through his executive assistant, David Cabuted, who
attended the celebration on July 10, 2023.
The company's initiatives on a wide range of causes,
from healthcare to education to environmental conservation among others have
resulted in tangible positive social change in its host communities in Benguet.
The company's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and community investment
initiatives have supported 480 projects worth around PhP200 million in the past
15 years.
SNAP’s
education program, BRIGHTS (Bridging Gaps in Higher Education through Tertiary
Scholarships), continues to help deserving students with limited financial
resources realize their dreams. Jasmin Montes, a BRIGHTS graduate, has recently
joined SNAP-Benguet, demonstrating how the organization enables underprivileged
students to achieve their full potential and to create a more meaningful life
for themselves.
"I am a living testament to their
[SNAP’s] success. I built my future because of them. Salamat ja Pasiya,
SNAP-Benguet," Montes said.
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SNAP-Benguet team members, joined by family members and with support from local police, at a morning “Crystal Walk” fun run as part of their 15th anniversary celebration |
As part of its commitment to
environmental sustainability, the company has planted 183,615 seedlings with a
93% survival rate along the Ambuklao-Binga watershed, and this year embarked on
an avifauna assessment to support the conservation efforts of its host
communities in order to ensure it remains a protected environment for endemic
species.
Since
2008, the company has made safety a priority and guiding principle to ensure
that employees are free from harm. The Ambuklao and Binga plants have recorded
5.38 million man hours with no lost-time incidents since 2012 and 2013,
respectively. Additionally, the company has consistently been recognized for
occupational safety and health. Lauded for its workplace safety initiatives by
the Gawad Kaligtasan at Kalusugan (GKK) and the Department
of Energy's (DOE) Safety and Health Association of the Philippine Energy Sector
(SHAPES).
"Through the partnerships between
the company and our stakeholders, we hope to continue our sustainability
initiatives and work toward our shared goals," SNAP President and CEO
Joseph Yu said.
“As we shape the next fifty years of
SNAP-Benguet, I want to thank each and every person who, for the past 15 years,
has played a role in making what SNAP-Benguet is today,” he added. “Together
with our communities, we are determined to uphold our core values and
commitments to driving positive change and energizing a sustainable future.”
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