(The Philippine Star) | Updated September 10, 2016 - 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines -
Clark International Airport Corp. (CIAC) can now expand with an additional
runway after Clark Electric Distribution Corp. (CEDC) was cleared to relocate
its substation facility in the area.
The Energy Regulatory
Commission (ERC) approved CEDC’s application for an emergency capital
expenditure (capex) project called Development of Roxas 50 MVA, 69 KV-13.8 KV
Substation.
The project involves
the relocation of the Diamante Substation to the Roxas district and the
replacement of the old 25 MVA 69 kV-13.8 kV power transformer with a higher
capacity 50 MVA, 69 kV-13.8 kv power transformer.
In its application,
CEDC said the relocation is due primarily to the CIAC’s plan to construct an
additional runway that involves the dismantling of the existing Diamante
Substation.
The ERC also approved
the project considering the existing substation is expected to be critically
loaded at 100 percent by 2020.
“The expansion of a
vital piece of infrastructure such as an airport involves the development of
industrial, commercial and even residential establishments leading to
socio-economic growth and progress. The ERC approved the application of CEDC to
enable it to fulfill its mandate of providing reliable service connection to
existing and new consumers and ensuring the safe operation of electric
facilities”, ERC chairman and CEO Jose Vicente B. Salazar said.
The ERC said
opportunity to up-rate the power transformer together with the relocation is a
wise strategic engineering practice and that would prove advantageous to CEDC
and its customers.
The ERC also saw the
need to augment the transformers to enable CEDC to cater its existing and
upcoming loads and demands to be brought by the CIAC’s extension.
The Development of
Roxas 50 MVA, 69 kV-13.8 kV Substation had been started and expected to be
completed by 2017. The project cost estimate totals P198.5 M and will be
financed through internally generated funds.
CEDC is the sole
electric distribution company in the Clark Special Economic Zone in Pampanga.
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