The NGCP said the first of a series of free training courses for linemen will be conducted at NGCP’s Lineman’s Academy on Aug. 15-16 in barangay Canamucan, Compostela town.

The NGCP said it conducts the training for free and provides the g modules and services of expert resource persons, which when packaged would normally cost more than P200,000.

The NGCP said Cebu Electric Cooperatives (Cebeco) I, II and II are among the first beneficiaries of this program especially designed for NGCP’s direct customers.

The NGCP said that Henry Sy Jr., the company president and chief executive, initiated the creation of the program in response to urgent requests of NGCP’s customer-partners.

“In our recent meetings with our directly connected customers from north to south, this kind of training for linemen was identified as a good opportunity for technical information exchange and cooperation,” Sy said.

For this program, he said NGCP is working together with electric cooperatives to equip linemen of both the transmission and distribution utilities with basic knowledge and skills for the maintenance of sub-transmission lines.

(Paul Anthony A. Isla)