PHILIPPINES: Transmission Development Plan 2009

Meta Data
Draft: 
No
Revision of previous policy?: 
No
Draft Year: 
2009
Effective Start Year: 
2009
Effective End Year: 
2018
Scope: 
National
Document Type: 
Plan/Strategy, Government Report
Economic Sector: 
Power
Energy Types: 
Power, Renewable, Hydropower, Wind
Issued by: 
Department of Energy
Source: 
Department of Energy
File: 
Transmission Development plan 2009 (Volume 1)
Overall Summary: 
The TDP reflects NGCP’s vision of building the strongest power grid and maintain the best power utility practice in Southeast Asia. This ten-year plan is also NGCP’s roadmap for transmission development required to meet demand growth, support incoming generation facilities and sustain its transmission business operations while ensuring compliance with technical and regulatory framework of the electric industry. NOTE: ERC stands for Energy Regulatory Commission.
Energy Supply and Infrastructure
Infrastructure development priorities: 
ERC Approved Projects 1)Luzon- Luzon-Mindoro Interconnection: To provide Mindoro Island access to reliable and cheap electricity - 2013; Luzon Substation Expansion II: To provide additional transformer capacity to meet load growth - 2012; Luzon Substation Expansion III: To provide additional transformer capacity to meet load growth - 2012; Luzon Voltage Improvement II: To maintain the voltage profile at various substation within the allowable limits 2013; - Mariveles Coal transmission Reinforcement: To reinforce Hermosa-Limay B line to maintain N-1 during simultaneous maximum dispatch of Mariveles Coal and Limay plants - 2012; San Jose 500 kV Reconfiguration: To ensure the reliability of the existing ring-bus substation - 2015; San Jose Transformer Replacement Project: To ensure the reliability of the substation and to increase the substation capacity - 2010; San Jose-Balintawak Line 3: To increase transfer capacity and maintain the N-1 provision - 2013.---2) Visayas: Culasi-Sibalom 69 kV Transmission Line: To provide N-1 for the existing corridor - 2013; Sta. Rita-Quinapundan 69 kV Transmission Line: To provide N-1 for the existing corridor - 2014. ---3) Mindanao: Tacurong-Nuling 138 kV Transmission Line: To provide new transmission corridor from North Cotabato to Maguindanao - 2013.