Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:14 AM
July 28, 2018
National Grid Corp. of the
Philippines (NGCP), the country’s grid operator, has expanded its capacity in
Mindanao ahead of the entry of new generating power plants that would soon rise
in the region.
The additional capacity will address
recent voltage fluctuations in Northern Mindanao and the rising power needs of
the region’s growing economy.
Thus, NGCP has switched on its newly
constructed Aurora-Polanco 138-kiloVolt (kV) transmission line 1 last month and
line 2 just this week.
Apart from the Aurora-Polanco 138kV,
NGCP is also completing its Mindanao 230kV Backbone project, which aims to
further strengthen the entire Mindanao grid upon the entry of new generating
plants as well as the Mindanao-Visayas Interconnection Project (MVIP), which
was declared as an Energy Project of National Significance by the Department of
Energy. MVIP is slated to be completed by 2020.
The Aurora-Polanco 138kV project is
one of NGCP’s initiatives to reinforce power transmission services in the
Zamboanga del Norte area.
In the province, three crucial load
centers namely Dipolog City, Dapitan City, and the municipality of Polancohave
been recording rapid growth in power consumption for the past several years.
Because of growing demand, these
areas have been suffering from a recent spate of voltage fluctuations since
only an old 69kV transmission line is able to carry power from Aurora in
Zamboanga del Sur.
The new 138kV line will not only
supplement the old line but pave the way for increased transmission to
Zamboanga del Norte, all the way to Misamis Occidental— effectively ensuring
the continuous and reliable power supply to the entire area.
NGCP also simultaneously upgraded
its Aurora and Polanco substations to accommodate twice the amount of power
flowing into its facilities.
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