Napocor boosts Burias power supply

MANILA, Philippines - The National Power Corp. (Napocor) has increased the operating hours of its Small Power Utilities Group (SPUG) plant in San Pascual, Masbate after it delivered last Dec. 11 an additional 300-kW generating set.

“With this improvement we can now extend the service hours of the Burias Island Diesel Power Plant (DPP) from eight hours to 12 hours, benefiting at least 1,857 households. In 2016, the power plant may further extend to 16 hours of operating hours,” Napocor said.

Napocor president Ma. Gladys Cruz-Sta. Rita personally led the switching on of the genset and shared among the residents there Napocor’s intensified programs in electrifying the farthest island in the country.

With the new genset, power services in the said municipality can now be enjoyed from 8 am in the morning until 12 midnight, enabling students to use computer in schools. It will also promote tourism and will help boost the local economy as the people in the island are now more optimistic with longer power hours.

Sta. Rita, has likewise committed to electrify nine more barangays in the town.

Napocor is expected to distribute 62 more gensets in various SPUG power plants in the country. Currently, it services around 800,000 households through its 290 spug plants.