S.I. Power Corp. (SIPCOR), power generator in Siquijor province, said Monday it fully restored its power plant’s guaranteed dependable capacity, exceeding the province’ daily peak demand.
SIPCOR supplies power generation to Province of Siquijor Electric Cooperative, Inc (PROSIELCO) which distributes the power supply in the province.
The company said it implemented a series of corrective measures in the past weeks to fully restore the shortfall of power supply due to maintenance issues in both generation and distribution.
The initiatives were able to fully restore the 24-hour power supply to the whole province, it said.
SIPCOR said a generation set completed its corrective maintenance service last week. Two rental generation set units were also deployed to provide additional capacity.
It said these efforts increased the plant’s total dependable capacity to 10,800 kW, above the island’s peak demand.
The increasing demand for power supply has also been brought on by the growing economic activity and rising population in the province.
SIPCOR said it continues to intensify its technical operations and strengthen its daily evaluation and assessment to ensure that they would continue to provide a steady and reliable power supply in all their served areas.
The company earlier apologized for the inconvenience caused by the power supply shortfall and assured power consumers that its technical teams were working diligently to restore power as quickly and safely as possible.
“Rest assured that we are exerting all our efforts to restore full power in the province as swiftly as possible. This matter is our top priority and we remain fully committed to ensuring the delivery of a steady and reliable power supply in all our served areas,” the company said earlier.
