Mayor Nancy Binay marked a major milestone in her first year in office, officially switching 11 of the city’s largest government facilities to 100 percent renewable energy.

During a ceremony at City Hall, Binay announced that Makati has achieved 60.92 percent of its clean energy target for the year through a renewable energy supply contract with ACEN Corp.

The transition aims to eventually power all municipal buildings with renewable energy.

Binay disclosed that the 11 facilities account for an average monthly peak demand of 5.76 megawatts.

The New Makati City Hall requires the most power at 2.09 megawatts, followed by the University of Makati at 1.33 megawatts and the Makati Coliseum at 0.46 megawatts.

Also making the switch are Makati City Hall Building 2, the Old City Hall Building, two power meters at the Ospital ng Makati, and three public schools: Nemesio I. Yabut Elementary School, Makati High School and Pio del Pilar Elementary School.

“Today is much more than a ceremonial switching of power,” Binay said.

“It is a declaration of the kind of city we want Makati to become. Each kilowatt we move to clean energy lowers our emissions and lowers our costs. And every peso we save will go back to the people,” she added.

Binay cited that the initiative carries forward the governance approach of her father, former Vice President and Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay, whom she credited with inspiring the city to embrace innovation.

To track the program’s progress, the city and ACEN launched the Renewable Energy Leaderboard. The public dashboard displays real-time, hour-by-hour electricity consumption and carbon emissions avoided by the 11 facilities.

The bilingual dashboard, available in English and Filipino, will be displayed in public spaces, including City Hall. To make the data accessible, the dashboard translates carbon reductions into everyday metrics, such as equivalent trees planted or vehicle miles avoided.

In March, the Energy Regulatory Commission recognized Makati as the first local government unit in the Philippines to adopt 100 percent renewable energy utilization under the Retail Competition and Open Access and Retail Aggregation Program.

The switching ceremony was attended by Energy Secretary Sharon Garin, Energy Regulatory Commission chairperson Saturnino Juan, ACEN managing director Miguel de Jesus, and representatives from the Ayala Group and Meralco. Local officials, including First District Representative Monique Lagdameo and Vice Mayor Romulo Peña Jr., were also present.