By Gerome Dalipe IV
The long-delayed Cebu-230 kV Cebu-Negros-Panay (CNP) backbone project stage 3 is expected to be completed in two weeks.
The Department of Energy (DOE) reported to Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas that the above power transmission project undertaken by the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is now 97.44 percent complete.
Hence, it is set to be fully finished by the end of March 2024, the DOE assured energy stakeholders during their meeting on March 7.
Mayor Treñas, in a statement, said he called for a follow-up meeting with the power stakeholders in his office on Thursday “to finalize the agreement from the last meeting.’
“This will ensure the follow-up through discussions made last meeting to ensure the stability of power,” said Treñas.
The mayor said the CNP backbone project will be completed as scheduled and that the ancillary power is being finalized.
The completion of the transmission projects is seen to upgrade the capacity of the existing submarine cable and improve sharing of excess power generation from the rest of the grid towards Negros and Panay Island.
