DPWH Accidentally Damages Negros Submarine Cable During Dredging Activities, According to NGCP
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) announced that DPWH accidentally damaged the Negros submarine cable during repair.
NGCP information officer Michelle Visera reported that the Department of Public Workers and Highways (DPWH) accidentally damaged the Negros high voltage submarine cable during the agency’s dredging and re-channeling activities.
Vicera clarified that the incident had no direct effect to the power supply of Negros and Panay islands, which have their own plants. The incident happened along Bio-os River in Barangay. Jagna, Amlan, Negros Oriental.
NGCP explained that the cable connecting Negros and Cebu contains two circuits of 138-kV submarine cable with 90MW capacity. Each circuit has a total capacity of 180MW but it was reduced down to 90MW between the two provinces due to the damage.
The corporation said that NGCP’s System Integrity Protection Scheme has been activated automatically to prevent the remaining cable from overloading. DPWH’s deviation on the work site added to the incident, according to NGCP’s initial reports.
“It is unfortunate that this happened at such a crucial time when electricity is critical to COVID-19 response efforts. NGCP assures its stakeholders that all hands are on deck to restore the affected facility and mitigate the impacts of the oil spill and scattered cable debris,” a company said.
The damage happened last June 15, 2021 and was fully assessed on June 23 and 24. The agency together with its partner foreign technical experts for the actual repair.
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