P1.4 B Panay electrification project to get NEDA board's nod
Residents in Northern Panay which have been experiencing low power voltage and areas not reached by electricity will receive a big boost once the P1.369 - billion power transmission project gets the nod of the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) Board.
The said project was recently approved by the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) Investment Coordination Committee - Cabinet Committee (ICC - CC) for confirmation by the NEDA Board.
NEDA said, the project is known as the Northern Panay Backbone Power Transmission Project. This involves the extension of the 138-kilovolt (kV) transmission line backbone to the northern part of Panay from Panit-an, Capiz to Nabas, Aklan.
The project will also upgrade the Panitan-Nabas transmission from 69kV to 138kV, install new tie lines, construct a new substation in Nabas, and expand the Panitan Substation by providing an additional circuit breaker to accommodate the bigger kV line.
The new substation in Nabas, according to the NEDA report, intends to relieve the existing Panit-an substation to properly address the increasing load demand as well as the load voltage problems particularly in the northwestern Panay areas.
The electrification project is expected to improve system reliability and operational flexibility. It likewise aims to serve areas without electricity. Also, it hopes to raise generation capacity and address the increased demand forecast by the Department of Energy.
The Northern Panay project is one of the main components of the National Transmission Corporation's (Transco) Visayas Transmission Augmentation (Project Vista) aimed to establish a more reliable electricity highway in the Visayas region.
(PIA)