Power producer Global Business Power Corp. is gearing up to support the anticipated increase in energy demand in the Visayas as the busy holiday season rolls in.
GBPC president Jaime Azurin said the company recently completed the preventive maintenance of its Panay and Cebu plants in anticipation of increased economic activity leading to the Christmas holiday.
“We strive to keep our plants in optimum efficiency to help meet Visayas’ demand for reliable, adequate, and cost-efficient power supply,” he said.
Visayas has a system capacity of 2,235 megawatts versus a system peak demand of 2,092 MW, according to data from grid operator National Grid Corp. of the Philippines.
Azurin said that since January, GBPC was routinely conducting preventive maintenance on all of its circulating fluidized bed plants, with the last plant completing the procedure in August.
According to GBPC’s energy economics and planning, power demand in the Visayas for the fourth quarter is expected to grow 5.7 percent amid the increased economic activity around the holiday season.