MORE Power eyeing to double capacity of substations

By Lenie Lectura November 23, 2020
https://businessmirror.com.ph/2020/11/23/more-power-eyeing-to-double-capacity-of-substations/

More Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) revealed plans to double the capacity of its substations to 260 MegaVolt Ampere (MVA) in the next 5 years as part of an investment program crafted by the Razon-led distribution utility firm in Iloilo City.

“This is one of the many investments we have made and continue to make, to modernize the existing, decrepit and antiquated the distribution grid of the city of Iloilo…. We’re executing an investment plan for Iloilo to have a world-class, modern, electrical grid that is stable, safe, reliable and economical,” said Enrique Razon, owner of MORE Power in a recorded speech during the inauguration of the 10MVA mobile substation over the weekend.

The 10MVA substation will serve the Iloilo Business Park in Mandurriao and will be utilized to free up the Mandurriao substation, which is nearing its capacity at maximum level.

“Putting this 10MVA mobile substation here in Iloilo business park has two benefits. One, it will assure the business park of larger capacity to cater to growing demand.

And two, we will be able to transfer some load to this mobile substation to free up Mandurriao substation and to some extent the Molo substation of some load. We will provide some breathing space because the two substations are already in critical level,” said MORE Power President Roel Castro during the live commissioning of the 10MVA substation.

Castro said the 10MVA substation is part of the company’s expansion plan to double the capacity of the substations to 260MVA in the next five years to serve the growing demand in the city.

“This mobile substation is just a start of a string of capacity expansion that we are thinking or planning for the city. Before this mobile substation, the total capacity for Iloilo was 130MVA.

In the next five years, we will double this to 260MVA, with the addition of this mobile substation, another 30MVA mobile substation, a new 50MVA substation here in Iloilo business park at the other end, new substations in Arevalo district, as well as expansion of the city proper and Jaro substation,” said Castro.