ILECO-I More Reliable Power Source Soon

SAN JOSE, Antique, March 12 (PIA6) - - The construction of the Culasi-San Jose  69 kV Transmission Line (TL) Project when completed is expected  to provide more reliable, secured and efficient power delivered to electricity users.

Engr. Richard Pobe said during the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) briefing for the local media that the project contract started October 3, 2013 and the completion of stage 1 will be on April 2014, while stage 2 will be on December 2014.

“It is expected that voltage level will improve thus providing quality power delivery services to the customers of Antique and Aklan provinces,” Pobe said.

Pobe also said that the target completion date of Sta. Barbara, Iloilo-San Jose, Antique 138 kV Transmission Line is June 2014.

The project is part of the Panay Power Transmission Backbone which involves the installation/construction of 93 kilometers of 69 kV and 138 kV Overhead Transmission Line utilizing steel towers, poles structures and which aims to accommodate load growth or demand in order to spur socio-economic development.

The project also aims to improve system reliability and operational flexibility of ILECO 1 and ANTECO franchise areas.

The NGCP media briefing dubbed Power 101 was the first-ever activity conducted by the said institution to tap media services in the dissemination of relevant information concerning power-related events.

The NGCP spokesperson Atty. Cynthia Perez-Alabanza, Engr. Rey H. Jaleco, Head of District 4 Visayas Operations and Maintenance and Mr. Rene G. Sison, head of Panay Area Control Center, Visayas Systems Operations, were among the resource persons during the activity.

The gathering of the participants to the activity was facilitated by the Philippine Information Agency. (MLG/VWV/JSC-PIA6 Antique).