"We have been going to the different regional centers and holding discussions with our customers about the importance of signing a TSA with us. We are confident that we will meet our self-imposed deadline of concluding all negotiations before the year ends," Transco president Alan T. Ortiz said.
Ortiz signed in Baguio last week a TSA with the Mountain Province Electric Cooperative. Transco requires all its customers to sign a TSA as it will govern the terms of conditions of providing transmission and related services to its customers.
A TSA is based on the provisions of the Open Access Transmission Service (OATS) as approved by the Energy Regulatory Commission and likewise complies with the state-owned utility’s technical and commercial requirements for grid interconnection.
Previously, cooperatives and distribution utilities only signed one contract with the National Power Corp. (Napocor) — in the form of a power supply agreement — which covered both generation and transmission services.
But with the move to unbundle power rates and the subsequent independent operation of Transco, the customers must now sign a TSA to avail of Transco’s services. This agreement will be co-terminus with the terms of their contract with Napocor.
Transco also recently signed a memorandum of agreement with the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) for the rehabilitation of PMA’s existing 23-kilovolt transmission lines which run from Antamok in Benguet to the PMA compound in Fort del Pilar, Baguio City.
The state-run power utility firm has committed to replace the aging woodpoles and other accessories to boost the reliability of power supply to the country’s premiere military training institution.