GUAGUA, Pampanga – The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) announced here yesterday the completion of its P316-million 69-kiloVolt (kV) transmission line from Hermosa, Bataan to Floridablanca, Pampanga to ensure more efficient service to wide parts of this province.
“The NGCP has just energized its new Hermosa- Flor idablanca 69-kiloVolt (kV) transmission line to bring more reliable transmission services to customers in the Pampanga area,” NGCP said in a statement yesterday.
It said “the line will prevent the overloading of the existing and aging Hermosa-Guagua 69kV line.”
It noted that “due to the load growth in the area, the 53-year-old existing line cannot accommodate the heavy loading conditions and would have caused problems in the long run. A new line was required to ensure the reliability of power transmission services.”
The P316-million project approved by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) was included in the list of the projects declared as Energy Project of National Signifi cance last January, NGCP said.
“The project also complies with the N-1 component set by the Philippine Grid Code, which is the ability of the grid to withstand a major system disturbance with minimal disruption to the system,” it noted.
NGCP said that “with the new line in place, NGCP will be able to better service the franchise area of the Pampanga II Electric Cooperative (PELCO II).”
Apart from the Hermosa – Floridablanca Transmission Line, NGCP is also working on reliability projects such as the Western Luzon 500kV Backbone Project, which will install a new transmission corridor, the Bataan 230kV Reinforcement Project, which will serve power customers in Bataan and nearby provinces and accommodate incoming generating capacity, and the Nagsaag-Tumana 69kV Transmission Line Project, which will serve customers in Pangasinan, NGCP also announced.
“We continue to appeal for support from our stakeholders in the smooth implementation of our projects, which will ultimately benefit all power consumers not only in Luzon, but in the entire country,” said NGCP.
NGCP is a Filipino- led, privately owned company in charge of operating, maintaining, and developing the country’s power grid, led by majority shareholders Henry Sy, Jr. and Robert Coyiuto, Jr.
