By Lenie Lectura - April 11,
2019
THE Energy Regulatory Commission
(ERC) has approved the application of the National Grid Corp. of the
Philippines (NGCP) to proceed with its P644-million La Trinidad-Calot 69-kV
line project.
“The NGCP’s new La Trinidad—Calot 69
kV Transmission Line will address the expected transmission overloading and
will serve as a back up in times of contingency or a failure in the
transmission system,” ERC Chairman and CEO Agnes VST Devanadera said.
The project involves the
construction of a transmission line using new right-of-way and de-commissioning
of some portions of the old circuit line.
The transmission line project also
aims to provide a single outage contingency as required in the Philippine Grid
Code (PGC) and improve the reliability and transfer capacity of the
transmission line.
NGCP is also required to conduct
competitive bidding for the purchase of major materials in the implementation
of the proposed projects. The remaining old or existing line that will be
dedicated to Benguet Electric Cooperative Inc.’s Sanitary Camp and Irisan
should be reclassified as Subtransmission Asset and be divested to Beneco.
The NGCP, under the Electric Power
Industry Reform Act (Epira), is required to seek the ERC’s prior approval of
any plan for expansion or improvement of its facilities in the pursuit of its
mandate to construct, install, finance, improve, expand, rehabilitate, and
repair the country’s transmission system and the grid.
“The ERC approved this application
of the NGCP for its La Trinidad-Calot 69 kV Transmission Line based on our
evaluation that the benefits of the project outweigh its cost. Electricity
consumers will be benefited with this NGCP project in terms of having
sustainable electricity and continued economic growth, not only in the Province
of Benguet, but in the entire Luzon region,” Devanadera said.
The regulator’s approval is subject
to optimization based on its actual use and/or implementation during the reset
process for the next regulatory period, as stated in the Rules for Setting the
Transmission Wheeling Rates and other relevant issuances of the ERC.
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