Laoag City, Aug. 13 -- The Ilocos Norte Electric Cooperative (INEC) on Wednesday said it aims to achieve 100-percent electrification of the province before President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.'s term ends in 2028.

In an interview, INEC acting general manager Cipriano Martinez III said that based on a recent survey, there are still 1,700 households in the province that are not yet connected to the power grid.

"We took an inventory of these households and made an assessment of how much is needed to give them access to electricity," Martinez said.

"Our target is to make the home province of the President the model to achieve 100-percent electrification before his term ends."

To achieve this, the province's lone power distribution utility vo...