MORE Power replaces obsolete substation transformer
Philippines, Iloilo: Iloilo City’s power distributor decommissioned the old power transformer at its substation in City Proper district and replaced it with a new one.
Image source: Daily Guardian
Philippines, Iloilo: Iloilo City’s power distributor decommissioned the old power transformer at its substation in City Proper district and replaced it with a new one.
MORE Power president Roel Castro and representatives of Meralco Industrial Engineering Services Corp showed the 33 MVA power transformer to journalists on 19 March.
The new transformer replaces the 30-year-old 20 MVA transformer that MORE Power took over when it assumed power distribution services two years ago.
Castro said they are also working on a new 30 MVA substation at Megaworld’s Iloilo Business Park area in Mandurriao, another fast-growing area of the city.
The Megaworld substation has a total capacity of 60 MVA but MORE Power is starting with the first 30 MVA transformer to ease the load of the Mandurriao substation which has been nearing full capacity.
“With the City Proper upgrade and Megaworld substations, we will add 43 MVA to our total capacity which is around 40 percent,” he added.
The upgrading of power substations is part of MORE Power’s rehabilitation project of Iloilo City’s distribution system, worth $36 M (P1.9 B). The project is necessary as MORE Power’s consumer base increased from around 63,000 household customers to 88,000 in just two years.
Source: Daily Guardian
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