Newly energized San Jose-Quezon line boosts Metro Manila transmission services-NGCP

MANILA, Philippines — With the successful energization of its San Jose-Quezon 230-kilovolt (kV) Line 3, the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) is ramping up its transmission services in anticipation of increasing power supply and demand in the coming years.

The project is part of the P1.644 billion ERC-approved program which includes the transmission line, and the upgrade and expansion of NGCP’s San Jose and Quezon 230kV Substations.

The 19-kilometer San Jose-Quezon Line 3 traverses the cities of Quezon, Caloocan, Valenzuela and San Jose del Monte (Bulacan), and widens the power transmission corridor, allowing any and all available and incoming supply from power plants to transmit to the country’s load center. It will also relieve and prevent the overloading of transmission lines currently serving Metro Manila, as well as provide N-1 contingency for the line.

The N-1 component, as set by the Philippine Grid Code, is the ability of the grid to withstand a major system disturbance with minimal disruption to the system.

“NGCP is proud to report that we were able to energize the line despite the setbacks encountered due to the COVID-19 outbreak. We recognize the importance of ensuring reliable power transmission services at all times, especially at the height of a global health threat where hospitals and other critical facilities require uninterrupted delivery of power. Our stakeholders, especially the public, can be assured that NGCP’s critical projects will continue, while other projects will be in full swing and at an expedited timeline once the situation is deemed safe for normal operations,” the company said.

NGCP is a Filipino-led, privately owned company in charge of operating, maintaining, and developing the country’s power grid, led by majority shareholders and vice chairman Henry Sy Jr. and co-vice chairman Robert Coyiuto Jr.