Meralco completes more projects

Manila Electric Co., the country’s biggest power distributor, completed seven more projects in the last two months of 2011 to further enhance its distribution network and reduce systems loss.

“These projects, which are all part of our approved capital expenditure program, will reinforce our electric distribution system and further improve electric service to our customers,” said Meralco executive vice president and networks head Ricardo V. Buencamino.

The recently completed projects involve the construction of a new substation, capacity addition to two existing substations, replacement of a defective power transformer, the construction of an additional 115-kilovolt sub-transmission line and two new distribution lines.

The new Calamba substation, commissioned last Dec. 29, augmented Meralco’s distribution capacity in the southern part of its franchise area to meet the increasing power requirements of customers in Calamba and Canlubang areas, including industrial customers in Light Industry and  Science Park II (LISP II) and First Philippine Industrial Park (FPIP).

The transformer at the Botocan Substation was also recommissioned last Nov. 11, 2011 to boost the adjacent Tayabas and San Pablo II Substations, while the utility’s distribution facilities in Metro Manila were augmented with the increased capacities at Tegen and Diliman Substations.

Also, a second 115kV source for Fort Bonifacio Global City-4 substation and a new distribution line from Dolores Substation were completed.