The National Transmission Corp. said that the construction works for the submarine cable component of the Cebu-Negros Interconnection Uprating Project has already started last month and its completion is expected in June next year.

TransCo said in its Feburary report that the project, aimed to increase the carrying capacity of an existing submarine cable from 100 to 200 megawatts, will also commence ground works for the transmission line and substation components in April and will complete construction on November 2007.

The report also said that the Negros-Panay Interconnection Uprating Project, which will double the capacity of the existing line to 200 megawatts, will be awarded to the winning contractor this June. Its target completion is first quarter of 2008.

TransCo president Alan Ortiz said that these projects will increase the reliability and stability of the Leyte-Cebu-Negros-Panay grid and also optimize the use of indigenous power resources from Leyte, the report said.

Last month, the TransCo also completed the laying of the submarine cable for the 69-kilovolt Panay-Boracay Interconnection Project. The 1.6-kilometer submarine cable was connected to the Caticlan cable terminal station and to another in Manok-Manok, Boracay.

The P149-million power project is the first phase of the Small Island Submarine Interconnection Development Program that will establish a bi-directional electricity highway in Philippines' western corridor and complete the Luzon-Visayas Transmission Loop.*NLG

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