Philippine
Daily Inquirer / 05:10 AM August 03, 2019
Amid electricity supply
problems in Puerto Princesa City, National Grid Corp. of the Philippines said
it was seeking the Energy Regulatory Commission’s green light to linkup the
islands of Palawan and Mindoro via a P6.4-billion subsea transmission cable.
NGCP said in a
statement that Stage 1 of its Palawan-Mindoro Interconnection Project would
pave the way for the interconnection of Palawan to the main grid in Luzon via
Mindoro.
The grid operator said
the project was intended to further study the interconnection of Palawan to
Mindoro through submarine cable and establish a transmission backbone designed
to serve long-term power needs in the area.
“NGCP is proposing to
implement the PMIP to provide adequate, reliable and affordable power supply in
Palawan,” it said.
“With the increasing
demand for power in the island due to tourism and economic development, it is
about time to pursue this interconnection to the main grid which will provide
Palawan with more reliable power supply and access to cheaper alternative
sources of power in the main Luzon grid,” NGCP added.
The second component of
the project is the installation of the 239-kilovolt (kV) Calapan-San Jose
Transmission Line Backbone and 230-kV San Jose Substation in Occidental
Mindoro.
NGCP said that if a
viable route for the project would be identified upon completion of the
hydrographic survey, and the 230kV backbone component was completed, it would
proceed to Stage 2 of the project, which would be the actual implementation of
the Palawan-Mindoro interconnection through submarine cable.
“Considering that the
interconnection of Palawan to Mindoro will entail the development of very long
transmission facilities, it is very important that these preconstruction
activities be started as early as possible,” the company said.
“This interconnection
project will greatly benefit not just the island of Palawan, but will also
prepare the entire Philippine grid for integration to the proposed Asean Power
Grid, promoting power sharing and optimization of generation capacity within
the region,” it added. —RONNEL
W. DOMINGO
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