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News Release 19 October 2012

NGCP donates Php5-million worth of used batteries to ABS-CBN Foundation The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) recently donated used lead acid batteries worth five million pesos to ABS-CBN Foundation Inc. (AFI) in line with the organizations Bantay Baterya Project. The Bantay Baterya Project aims to create a sustained public awareness on the health and environmental hazards posed by the indiscriminate handling of junk batteries and to recover and reprocess junk batteries in an environmentally safe manner. The project requests companies for donation of used, junk lead acid batteries earmarked for disposal. The used batteries will be properly hauled by the Bantay Kalikasan arm of the AFI and the Philippine Recyclers Incorporated (PRI) from several NGCP substations all over the country. These will be handled, treated and disposed in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. PRI shall also reprocess the donated batteries, determine its monetary value, and turn over the revenue from the recovered materials to ABS-CBN Foundation. Henry T. Sy, Jr., NGCP President and CEO, signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the foundation and PRI to formalize the power transmission companys full support for this environmental project. Sy was then represented by Anthony L. Almeda, Chief Administrative Officer, at the turnover ceremony in Dasmarias, Cavite. We value this partnership campaign for the proper disposal of waste, especially used batteries which can harm the environment. We perform our mandate as transmission service provider while being fully aware of our responsibilities to the environment and the general public. By partnering with Bantay Kalikasan and AFI, we are assured that our initiatives are put into good and sustainable use, Almeda said. He also urged everyone to donate their used lead-acid batteries to the Bantay Baterya Project of ABS-CBN Foundation. It is for a good cause, and it is a step towards the protection and rehabilitation of our environment, he emphasized.

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Proceeds from the used batteries will be used to support the operations of the Bantay Kalikasan Hotline and the Save the La Mesa Watershed Project as well as NGCPs various corporate social responsibility projects. NGCP is a privately owned corporation in charge of operating, maintaining, and developing the countrys power grid. It transmits high-voltage electricity through power superhighways that include the interconnected system of transmission lines and towers, substations and related assets. ###

The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) donates Php5-million worth of used batteries to ABS-CBN Foundation as part of its environmental awareness and protection program. ABS-CBN Foundation Resource Mobilization Manager Rowena R. Dimanlig (center) received some of the batteries from NGCP officers led by Chief Administrative Officer Anthony rd L. Almeda (3 from right) at the ceremonial handover at NGCPs Dasmarinas Substation in Cavite.

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