By Myrna M. Velasco
Published: June 9, 2013
The Visayas power grid will be getting reinforcement with the move of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) to replace its wooden poles in the area with the more sturdy steel-made poles.
For this year, the company is targeting to replace 1,300 poles along specified areas. This will be a massive addition to the 1,104 wood poles already substituted last year in the provinces of Bohol, Cebu, Leyte, Negros, Panay and Samar.
The budget for this grid improvement undertaking had been placed at P196.7 million, based on an approval previously given by the Energy Regulatory Commission.
According to the company, it has been using the wooden poles in the transmission of electricity with a maximum voltage of 69 kilovolts.
NGCP noted that the replacement of the wood poles had been among the challenges it has been facing in the continuing upgrade of the country’s power transmission network.
“Some of the poles we inherited are more than 20 years old and are already prone to corrosion and decay which underscores the necessity to replace them with better materials,” the company added.
According to NGCP spokesperson Cynthia Alabanza, “the replacement and rehabilitation of our 69-kilovolt facilities is an on-going project of NGCP in the Visayas until 2015.”
The firm noted that it is pursuing a comprehensive upgrade and expansion plan for the Visayas grid so the system could hold for the long-term.
Beyond poles replacement, such shall also cover pipeline improvements to interconnect the region’s major islands and the reinforcement of existing transmission lines and substations.
Alabanza indicated these are being pursued “in anticipation of future load growth in the Visayas.” Based on studies, the grid is in need of significant capacity additions again by 2016.
Earlier, NGCP announced it will be investing P3.1 billion for the proposed extra high voltage (EHV) Antipolo substation project which it is targeting to complete by 2016.
The capital outlay for the project has been lodged recently for approval by the Energy Regulatory Commission.
Based on the project’s design, the new substation will be located in Barangay San Juan in Antipolo City. It was originally cast as a project component in NGCP’s 2012 Transmission Development Plan.
The process set for regulated power utilities enforces that for projects excluded from their last regulatory reset under performance-based regulation (PBR), applications for capital expenditure (capex) allocations must be done separately if there is an urgent need for such facility to be constructed. source
For this year, the company is targeting to replace 1,300 poles along specified areas. This will be a massive addition to the 1,104 wood poles already substituted last year in the provinces of Bohol, Cebu, Leyte, Negros, Panay and Samar.
The budget for this grid improvement undertaking had been placed at P196.7 million, based on an approval previously given by the Energy Regulatory Commission.
According to the company, it has been using the wooden poles in the transmission of electricity with a maximum voltage of 69 kilovolts.
NGCP noted that the replacement of the wood poles had been among the challenges it has been facing in the continuing upgrade of the country’s power transmission network.
“Some of the poles we inherited are more than 20 years old and are already prone to corrosion and decay which underscores the necessity to replace them with better materials,” the company added.
According to NGCP spokesperson Cynthia Alabanza, “the replacement and rehabilitation of our 69-kilovolt facilities is an on-going project of NGCP in the Visayas until 2015.”
The firm noted that it is pursuing a comprehensive upgrade and expansion plan for the Visayas grid so the system could hold for the long-term.
Beyond poles replacement, such shall also cover pipeline improvements to interconnect the region’s major islands and the reinforcement of existing transmission lines and substations.
Alabanza indicated these are being pursued “in anticipation of future load growth in the Visayas.” Based on studies, the grid is in need of significant capacity additions again by 2016.
Earlier, NGCP announced it will be investing P3.1 billion for the proposed extra high voltage (EHV) Antipolo substation project which it is targeting to complete by 2016.
The capital outlay for the project has been lodged recently for approval by the Energy Regulatory Commission.
Based on the project’s design, the new substation will be located in Barangay San Juan in Antipolo City. It was originally cast as a project component in NGCP’s 2012 Transmission Development Plan.
The process set for regulated power utilities enforces that for projects excluded from their last regulatory reset under performance-based regulation (PBR), applications for capital expenditure (capex) allocations must be done separately if there is an urgent need for such facility to be constructed. source
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