May 13, 2018 | 10:35 pm
NATIONAL Power Corp.
(Napocor) brought online on Saturday the 69-kilovolt (kV) Calapan-Puerto Galera
transmission line in Oriental Mindoro to help improve the reliability of power
dispatch in the province, the Energy department said.
“The completed and
ongoing rehabilitation projects are consistent with the orders of President
Duterte and Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi in addressing energy resiliency and
supporting the economic activities of the Mindoreños,” said Department of
Energy (DoE) Undersecretary Felix William B. Fuentebella said in a statement on
Sunday.
He said power project
in the area support the booming tourism industry in Puerto Galera and elsewhere
on Mindoro Island.
Government-owned
Napocor is mandated to energize far-flung, off-grid areas and islands.
Pio J. Benavides, Napocor
president and chief executive officer, said the completion of the P37-million
rehabilitation project will help Oriental Mindoro Electric Cooperative, Inc.
(Ormeco) improve the efficiency of its 13.8-kV distribution line and save money
from reduced systems loss.
“The 41-km transmission
line has undergone rehabilitation works which covered the replacing of wood
poles with steel and the installing of new insulators, power conductors and
other line hardware,” he said.
“It can contribute to
the efficiency of electricity services that will result in more savings to
Mindoreños,” he added.
Right-of-way issues
remain a challenge for the area, resulting in the exclusion of six structures
from the rehabilitation that covered 336 pole structures of the transmission
line.
“Right-of-way issues
are the usual factors that hamper our energy projects. Nonetheless, we see to
it that we find ways to resolve them either through further negotiations with
assistance from the local government units or through re-routing measures,” Mr.
Benavidez said.
He said the company
“continues to explore other methods in dealing with [right-of-way] disputes.”
Earlier in the week,
Napocor energized the 69-kV Mobo-Cataingan transmission line in Masbate to
assist the 13.8-kV distribution line of the Masbate Electric Cooperative, Inc.
(Maselco).
Napocor is also
implementing other projects in the provinces of Oriental and Occidental Mindoro
“to complete the transmission system loop that will allow for a more stable and
reliable power supply,” it said.
The company said the
projects include the construction of a switching station in Mansalay, expansion
of substations in Bansud and San Jose, rehabilitation of the Calapan-Bansud
69-kV transmission line, and the installation of a 69-kV line along Bansud to
Mansalay and Mansalay to San Jose. — Victor V. Saulon
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