P149 M Panay-Boracay project to boost WV economy

The Phase I of the National Transmission Corporation's Small Island Submarine Interconnection Development Program being constructed to boost economic potentials in Western Visayas is set to be completed before the year ends.

The  SISID or Small Island Submarine Interconnection Development program is a Pl49 Million Panay-Boracay project which will ensure the security of power supply in the country's premiere tourist destination .

This development was learned by the Philippine Information Agency here from the “Dispatch” newsletter of the National Transmission Corporation or TransCo .

TransCo President Alan Ortiz  said that with the project approval by the Energy Regulatory Commission of the 69 kilovolt interconnection project,  TransCo's commitment to meet the increasing power requirements of Boracay island shall be accomplished .

The MOA between TransCo and the Aklan Electric Cooperative, according to the newsletter, covers the implementation of the SISID program's  establishment of a bi-directional electricity highway at the nation's western corridor and eventually complete the Luzon-Visayas Transmission Loop .

The SISID program, a multi-phase transmission project, as envisioned will start at Panay-Boracay, then the Luzon-Mindoro, followed by Mindoro-Semirara Island-Panay; and finally the Boracay-Tablas-Romblon transmission links.

This development program will allow the interconnection of key small islands to maximize their economic potentials . Likewise, the new transmission highway will complement the Leyte-Luzon Interconnection Link in the Eastern corridor and boost TransCo's national fiber optics network which is a necessary ingredient for the success of the whole electricity spot market, the newsletter said. (PIA/T.Villavert)