posted March 24, 2019 at 07:45 pm by Alena Mae S. Flores
Power retailer Manila Electric Co.
is investing P1 billion to put up the power distribution facilities in New
Clark City in preparation for the 30th Southeast Asian Games late this year, an
executive said over the weekend.
Meralco senior vice president
Rogelio Singson said the company was looking at a demand of 10 megawatts to 14
MW for the New Clark City facilities.
“It can still be ramped up. So we
were telling them, at first they want everything smart, underground. I said,
with that demand, how much tariff are you prepared to pay…Overhead, we can do
it….Smart city yes, but not immediately until you have the consumption,”
Singson said.
The Bases Conversion Development
Authority issued the notice of award to Meralco as the power distributor of New
Clark City after offering the lowest power supply rate.
“We continue to dialogue with BCDA
to help them out after given the award. We were giving them suggestions on how
they can formulate the plan, for the terms of the utilities,” Singson said.
He said Meralco committed that the
facilities would be ready by June or July.
“We’re helping them [BCDA] out in
terms of specifications so that when it is eventually turned over to Meralco,
it is acceptable,” Singson said.
Meralco, together with Japan’s Marubeni
Corp., submitted the lowest power distribution rate for New Clark City at
P0.6188 per kilowatt hour.
Meralco senior vice president and
head of customer retail services and corporate communication Al Panlilio said
Meralco’s offer was low because “our partners really wanted to win it.”
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