ILOILO City — MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) has lauded the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) for installing the third circuit of the Barotac Viejo-Dingle 138kV Transmission Line, a major project that will significantly enhance the transmission capacity in Panay Island.
When completed and energized this June 2025, the new line will bolster the island’s power grid, ensuring excellent reliability and stability, particularly for Iloilo City.
The new transmission line, which will increase the capacity from 360 megawatts to 640 megawatts, will mitigate the risk of overloading the backbone link between Barotac Viejo and Dingle in the event of an outage at the Panay Energy Development Corp. (PEDC) power plant units in Iloilo City.
This added capacity will ensure a more stable and reliable power supply for the city, even in unforeseen circumstances.
Roel Castro, president of MORE Power, highlighted the importance of this project to the consumers.
“The new transmission line will also improve overall reliability, benefiting the consumers of MORE Power and all the electric cooperatives in Panay and Guimaras islands,” he said.
Castro added: “This project will contribute to the overall stability and resilience of the power grid in support of our rehabilitated, uprated, and modernized distribution network.”
Adding this third circuit will ensure that a single outage will not affect the overall system, minimizing disruptions to the power supply for distribution utilities.
The upcoming energization of the Barotac Viejo-Dingle 138kV Line 3 is a testament to the ongoing efforts of NGCP and MORE Power to enhance the region’s power infrastructure./PN
