Manila Standard Today
By Alena Mae S. Flores | Posted on August 22, 2012 | 12:02am
State-owned National Power Corp. will put up an 8-megawatt capacity for Palawan Electric Cooperative franchise areas in Puerto Princesa City.
Napocor president Froilan Tampinco said the contingency measure would close the supply gap before the delivery of DMCI Power Corp.’s 25 MW diesel plant next year.
DMCI won the bid to supply Paleco at a generation rate of P9.38 per kilowatthour.
“Even with that (DMCI), because it will take time for the awardee to put new capacity in place, there will be a gap in supply, and that is what Paleco is requiesting NPC to fill in from December 2012 to October 2013,” Tampinco said.
He said Napocor had 10 MW for Puerto Princesa under contract with Paleco. Napocor’s additional capacity comes from rented generating sets.
“We will have to add another 8 MW to that existing supply and the problem, as always is, this has not been anticipated, because all the while, we knew that Paleco is undertaking its bidding process,” Tampinco, noting bidding setbacks.
“If there was no delay, we would not have been required to bring in that additional 8 MW. And the resources needed will not be available in the present budget and anticipated budget in 2013.”
Tampinco said the Napocor had yet to bankroll the augmentation.
“We have to go to board, if there is extra funding to be souced from national government. We are also asking assistance from the local government to help put up the extra capacity. We also have to involve the provinicial government because it will also be for the benefit of Palawan,” he said.
Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almendras earlier sought action to fill in the supply gap.
“To address present and future demand, there have been continuous discussions between Paleco officials and the DOE on the possible involvement of NPC to provide for additional power by December to help mitigate the power supply deficit,” he said.
Puerto Princesa has been experiencing blackouts due to the breakdown of equipment belonging to Palawan Power Generation Inc. and Delta P. source
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