PH to rollout energy scorecard for climate resilience

The final scorecard for electric cooperatives will be out in September.

Manila’s Department of Energy (DOE) has partnered with the Task Force on Energy Resiliency and the United States Agency for International Development – Energy Secure Philippines for the development of the Energy Resiliency Scorecard (ERS) that will provide a benchmark for measuring energy resilience across the sector.

In a statement, DOE said the ERS is a self-assessment tool that aims to evaluate energy facilities' readiness to prepare for, withstand, and recover from natural or human-induced disruptions. Its seven pillar areinfrastructure strengthening, systems, disaster risk financing and insurance, stockpiling, response, rehabilitation, and cyber resilience.

“With the ERS, energy facilities can determine their current resilience levels and identify areas for improvement by applying scores to standardised criteria and indices,” said Energy Undersecretary Wimpy Fuentebella. “This tool helps facilities identify strengths, pinpoint gaps, and prioritise improvements to achieve greater energy resilience.”

A pilot test of the ERS was earlier conducted, which showed varying levels of resilience among the nine distribution utilities and generation and transmission facilities assessed in Leyte. This was later expanded to include the regions of Ilocos, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, and the Cordillera Administrative Region.

DOE said the finalised scorecards for electric cooperatives will be launched in September, whilst those for power generation and transmission facilities are planned for next year.