Grid operator National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) has restored all 69 kiloVolt (kV) transmission lines affected by Typhoon Odette after completing the Ubay-Trinidad-Carmen 69kV line serving the franchise areas of Bohol Electric Cooperative I and BOHECO II.
NGCP said in a statement Wednesday the line was restored at 11:19 AM of January 18, 13 days ahead of its target schedule.
NGCP is working on restoring the two remaining 138kV lines in the province to establish a connection to the grid, and serve as an internal backbone. Alena Mae S. Flores
Aside from the Ubay-Trinidad-Carmen 69kV line, NGCP also restored the Cebu-Colon 138kV Line 2 at 5:05 PM of January 17 and Colon-Calongcalong 138kV Line 1 at 3:24 PM of January 18. All 138kV lines in Cebu have now been restored, reinforcing the reliability and stability of power transmission services, the company said.
All distribution utilities in the province are already energized as of December 25. NGCP also restored power transmission services to the affected provinces of Northern Samar, Samar, and Biliran on December 19; Eastern Samar on 20 December; Leyte on December 25; Negros Occidental on December 24; Negros Oriental on December 30; Agusan del Norte and Agusan del Sur on December 20; and Surigao del Norte and Surigao del Sur on December 28.
Power transmission services were also restored in Southern Leyte on January 8.
At the height of restoration activities, the company deployed more than 1,000 personnel composed of linemen, engineers, and other support personnel to simultaneously expedite the restoration of transmission services in all affected areas. NGCP said actual loading of power in Bohol as of January 19 is at 26 percent, while Cebu is at 73 percent. For Negros and Leyte, loading is at 95 percent and 91 percent, respectively; while
for Samar and Panay, loading is already at 100 percent.
These figures represent the current amount of consumption or drawdown of power monitored by NGCP’s System Operations compared to the normal, pre-typhoon level.