BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Electric and Power Corporation (Negros Power) is investing PHP192 million for the procurement of a 37.5 megavolt amperes (MVA) mobile substation as part of the first three years of the five-year development plan in its franchise area in central Negros.
Negros Power president and chief executive officer Roel Castro said in a press briefing on Wednesday that they are targeting to acquire the mobile substation by May next year.
A mobile substation would be used to temporarily serve customers while a particular permanent substation undergoes maintenance.
This September, Negros Power eyes the completion of the Mountain View Substation upgrade with a budget of PHP25 million, and by November, targets to transfer the Mountain View 12MVA to the Murcia Substation with a budget of PHP10 million.
“The first three years are really more of rehabilitation and catching up. The next two years are really catching up, and hopefully in the third year, we will already be where we should be,” Castro said. (with Nanette Guadalquiver, PNA)
