Aboitiz Power Corp. (AboitizPower) Distribution Group Chief Operating Officer Anton Perdices underscored the importance of distribution utilities (DUs) in the development of smart cities in the Philippines, citing it as the backbone of the electric power industry that can help propel urban areas to be technologically enabled.
“What does the future hold for our cities? It’s all about energy democratization [and] electrification of the economy, with the expected influx of electric vehicles, digitalization through smart meters, net metering, digital substations, and smarter city grids,” he said during BusinessWorld’s business forum entitled A Blueprint for Philippine Smart Cities held in Cebu City.
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