August 30, 2016
THE Energy Regulatory
Commission (ERC) has approved the application of the National Grid Corp. of the
Philippines (NGCP) for the implementation of its Mindanao 230-kilovolt (kV)
transmission backbone project.
The project will enable
transmission facilities traversing the northern to the southern corridors of
Mindanao to accommodate the entry of new power plants and allow existing power
plants to be dispatched at their respective maximum capacities and transmitted
throughout Mindanao to solve line congestion and load curtailment.
“The approval of the 230-kV
transmission backbone project will ensure sufficiency of supply, the
reliability of power system and the power transfer in the Mindanao grid,” ERC
Chairman and CEO Jose Vicente B. Salazar said.
In line with the
approval of the project, an additional 2,400 megawatt (MW) of generation
capacity is expected to be injected in the various parts of northern and
southern Mindanao by new generation facilities, particularly FDC Misamis Power
Corp., GN Power Coal Plant, Therma South Coal, SMC Davao Coal and Southern
Mindanao Power Plant.
The approval of the
project is also in line with prior approvals granted by the ERC, such as
Malita-Matanao 230-kV transmission line project in November 2014 and the
Baloi-Kauswagan-Aurora 230-kV transmission line project Phase 1 in June 2015.
The Malita-Matanao
project, initially energized at 138 kV, was proposed to be increased to 230-kV
to join the Matano-Toril-Bunawan 230-kV line and relieve the overloading of the
existing Davao-Toril-Matanao 138 kV transmission line. The Baloi-Kauswagan-Aurora
project, on the other hand, will accommodate the output of GNPower’s proposed
coal-fired power plant in Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte, up to 2018.
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