NGCP allots P221M for Cebu station

MANILA, Philippines - The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP), the country’s power transmission service provider, has undertaken an expansion project in its substation in Compostela, Cebu.

The expansion project, which involves the installation of a 150-megavolt ampere (MVA) transformer, power circuit breakers and accessories, would help address the rapidly growing power demand in the Visayas.

NGCP said the project, with an estimated project cost of P221.15 million, is set to be completed by end-May 2013.

“This increase in substation capacity is expected to strengthen the Leyte-Cebu 230-kilovolt (kV) interconnection system linked to the Visayas transmission backbone. The bulk of power coming from the Leyte geothermal plants passes through the Compostela substation then delivered to the Cebu, Negros and Panay sub-grids,” NGCP said in a statement.

NGCP has been upgrading its facilities in various parts of the country.

Last month, it upgraded its facilities in preparation for GN Power’s 600-megawatt coal fired plant in Bataan.

The so-called Mariveles Coal Transmission Reinforcement Project, with an estimated cost of P229 million, will have three components.

GN Power of Netherlands last year announced plans to build the 600-MW coal fired plant in Mariveles, Bataan, which is expected to help address the increase in power demand this year and in 2014 .

NGCP operates, maintains and develops the country’s transmission highway owned by state-owned National Transmission Corp. It transmits high-voltage electricity through transmission lines, towers and substations.