The Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) has recently commissioned a substation in Laguna as part of its commitment to provide reliable power service to its customers.
The new Real 115 kV-34.5 kilovolt substation located along Real Road in Calamba City, Laguna is expected to relieve the neighboring Calamba substation and boost available capacity that will benefit customers in the city, as well as those in portions of the cities of Tanauan and Sto. Tomas in Batangas.
The project involved the energization of two 34.5 kV distribution feeders serving enterprise customers, housing complexes and subdivisions, and key establishments such as the Calamba City Hall, and Sto. Tomas Doctors Hospital and Medical Center.
“Meralco is continuously working to improve its distribution system to deliver safe, sufficient, and reliable power service to its customers as part of its commitment to support the government’s thrust to improve infrastructure and achieve energy security in the country,” it said on Monday.
Meanwhile, Meralco’s local retail electricity supplier unit said it will be adding more renewable energy (RE) sources in its supply portfolio.
As of end-March, MPower serves customers with a combined requirement of more than 1,000 megawatt (MW) of which 180 MW are sourced from RE. MPower is set to increase this capacity to 800 MW in the next two years.
“As the consciousness towards sustainability grow, we expect demand for RE to similarly increase. By 2025, our target is for RE to account for at least 40 percent of our total supply mix,” said MPower Senior Vice President and Head of MPower Roberto Almazora.
MPower is the sole offtaker of Nuevo Solar Energy Corp.’s (NSEC) 68-MW solar farm located in Currimao, Ilocos Norte, which commenced commercial operations last March. NSEC is a joint venture between MGenRenewable Energy, Inc., and Vena Energy.
“This new partnership marks an important milestone in our commitment to continue diversifying our supply portfolio by taking in more renewable energy projects, not only to meet the demand of our customers for sustainable energy, but also to support the national agenda to transition to clean energy sources,” Almazora said.
