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Rivera (The Philippine Star) - March 16, 2019 - 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines —
DMCI Power Corp. (DPC), the off-grid power producer of the Consunji Group, has
secured regulatory approval to connect its diesel power plant in Palawan to the
transmission facilities of National Power Corp. (Napocor) in order to provide
electricity supply to the island.
The Energy Regulatory
Commission (ERC) authorized DPC to develop and own a dedicated point-to-point
limited facility to connect the 2x4.95-megawatt (MW) bunker-fired power plant
in Aborlan to the Palawan Small Grid of Napocor.
DPC proposed to
transmit its generated power to the Napocor-Small Power Utilities Group (SPUG)
in Palawan Small Grid via a cut-in connection to the NPC-SPUG Narra-Irawan
69-kV Line and through the construction and installation of the dedicated
point-to-point limited transmission facilities.
The dedicated
point-to-point facility involves the construction of a 69-kV direct connection
line, the construction of a switchyard—a new facility required by the NPC for
facility protection.
The total project cost
is estimated at P47.64 million, which increased from the original proposal of
P20.93 million, as it included the cost of various assets which DPC initially
considered as generation assets and not connection assets.
The connection project
will allow the company to supply power to Palawan Electric Cooperative
(Paleco).
Consumers in the
Paleco-covered areas showed they experience a maximum of 18 hours of power
interruption, with a frequency of at least nine times a month since January
2017.
The power shortage mess
was prompted by the failure of independent power producer DPC to deliver the 25
MW in its power supply agreement with the Paleco. The supply was supposed to
come from its planned coal-fired power plant, which faced stiff opposition.
Instead of pushing
through with the coal plant, DPC agreed to construct the 2x4.95-MW bunker-fired
power plant to supplement the existing capacity from its diesel plants.
Paleco’s franchise area
includes Puerto Princesa City, the mainland municipalities of Dumaran, El Nido
(Bacuit), Roxas, San Vicente, Taytay, Bataraza, Brooke’s Point, Narra, Quezon,
Rizal (Marcos), Sofrono Espanola and Aborlan, and the island municipalities of
Agutaya, Araceli, Cagayancillo, Cuyo, Magsaysay and Balabac.
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