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Quezon City government clears right-of-way for seven NGCP transmission towers

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National Grid Corporation of the Philippines, the private sector operator of the power grid, said Tuesday the San Jose Quezon 230 kiloVolt transmission line upgrading project is now on track after the Quezon City government cleared the right-of-way corridor for seven transmission tower sites in Baesa and Sangandaan.

The San Jose-Quezon 230kV Line 3 is a critical project that aims to widen the power corridor into Metro Manila and allow supply from power plants to feed the Luzon load center.  

It will also relieve the existing transmission line, prevent overloading and ensure that NGCP maintains the line’s N-1 contingency. N-1 refers to the ability of the transmission grid to withstand a major power disturbance through redundancies in the grid system.

The project also involves the expansion of NGCP’s San Jose Quezon substations, which are crucial facilities that serve the load requirements of Metro Manila.

“Thanks to our good relations with the government of Quezon City, we were able to rehabilitate and upgrade our transmission lines in the city which were previously inaccessible by our transmission line team. Our efforts are now focused on expediting the project’s completion, and seeing a more reliable transmission of power in the country’s biggest load center,” NGCP said in a statement.

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Under an agreement signed by NGCP and the Quezon City government in 2017, the latter implemented the relocation of informal settlers living underneath the San Jose-Quezon transmission line in the two barangays and cleared the tower sites of dangerous improvements, helping NGCP secure the ROW clearances of its tower sites within the city. 

NGCP said respecting the ROW corridor of transmission lines and facilities would prevent unnecessary power interruptions, ensure swifter maintenance activities and avert potential loss of life and property. 

NGCP also renewed its call for support from other LGUs to work with the company in securing ROW corridors of its transmission lines and facilities in order to fast-track the implementation of its projects nationwide.

Meanwhile, power demand peaked at 10,750 megawatts Tuesday, the highest in the Luzon grid this year, according to NGCP.

The Luzon grid also posted high reserves at 11,865 MW, thus no yellow or red alert situation was raised by the grid operator.

This year’s Luzon peak demand of 10,750 MW was higher by almost 700 MW than the previous peak demand of 10,054 MW on May 9, 2017, reflecting an almost 7-percent increase in demand year-on-year.

Power consumption in Luzon went up by 3.57 percent in 2017 to 69,623,603 megawatt-hours from 67,220,596 mWh in 2016.

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