NGCP’s new transmission line to bring power stability to Visayas grid

Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson said on Sunday that the recently completed Cebu-Negros-Panay (CNP) project of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) will “be a big help towards stability.”

“Stable power generates development, and with the completion of a major transmission line, we can expect lesser brownouts,” Lacson said.

Lacson pointed out that as the province grows “more power generation may be needed hence more transmission lines in the future to be constructed.”

Pressed on the need of the province to put up its own power plant within the island to answer its increasing power need, the governor said “we will continue to welcome new renewable power generators in the province.”

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will lead the ceremonial energization of the Cebu-Negros-Panay Backbone Project Stage 3 (CNP3) in Bacolod City, which is expected to improve the power supply situation in Western Visayas, on Monday, April 8.

The president is tentatively set to conduct an aerial inspection of the CNP3 Transmission Line – Bacolod Gahit Line and tour the Bacolod Substation.

CNP Phase 3 project involves 442 circuit kilometers (km) of new transmission lines, 98 circuit km of submarine cables, and the development of six new 230 kV substations with an overall capacity of 3800 mVA, allowing accommodation of generation additions and load growth.* (EYA)