Published
February 13, 2017, 10:00 PM By Myrna M. Velasco
State-run National
Power Corporation (NPC) had awarded three transmission line contracts for the
upgrade as well as system loss reduction for the island-grid of Mindoro.
The company, in a
statement to the media, noted that the power firm’s board had already given
go-signal for the award of the deals to the winning bidders.
For the rehabilitation
of the 69-kilovolt Calapan-Bansud transmission line spanning 44 kilometers, as
well as the expansion of the Bansud and San Jose substations and the
construction of the Mansalay switching station, the contracts were cornered by
DM Consunji, Inc.
On the other, the deal
for the rehabilitation of the 69kV 41-kilometer Calapan-Puerto Galera
transmission line, had been awarded to SL Development Construction Corporation.
According to NPC
President Gladys Cruz-Sta. Rita, “these projects will improve power dispatch
and enhance system protection of the grid.”
The island-grid for the
Mindoro provinces had been among the target facilities for reinforcement and
uprating because these have potential to spur further economic activities in
the area.
Beyond these system
improvements currently being pursued, there is a bigger plan for Mindoro to be
linked eventually to a power station that could meet its long-term electricity
needs with higher degree of sustainability and reliability.
The plan will be a
submarine cable interconnection to a proposed mine-mouth power plant right next
to the site of the Semirara coal mine in Antique.
Nevertheless, the
Consunji group has proposed an alternative – noting that it might be more
cost-effective to put up a power plant within a site in Mindoro, instead of
spending P1.4 billion for transmission line connection.
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