{"id":238153,"date":"2019-11-22T21:49:51","date_gmt":"2019-11-23T02:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=238153"},"modified":"2019-11-22T21:49:51","modified_gmt":"2019-11-23T02:49:51","slug":"qc-marikina-to-benefit-from-meralcos-3rd-digital-sub-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/11\/22\/qc-marikina-to-benefit-from-meralcos-3rd-digital-sub-station\/","title":{"rendered":"QC, Marikina to benefit from Meralco’s 3rd digital sub-station"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Meralco (L\u00f3pez) Building along Ortigas Avenue, Pasig, Metro Manila. (Photo By Lainecedillo\/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Power consumers from Quezon City and Marikina City will also benefit from the Manila Electric Company\u2019s (Meralco) sub-station inaugurated Thursday at the Robinson Land Corporation\u2019s (RLC) Bridgetowne property in Pasig City.<\/div>\n
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The substation, which uses an integrated and fully-automated gas-insulated switchgear (GIS), has an initial capacity of 85 kilovolts (kV) but its maximum capacity is expected to be around 115kV.<\/div>\n
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In his speech during the inauguration ceremony, Meralco president and CEO Ray Espinosa said the PHP1 billion worth substation will result in an exponential expansion of the 31-hectare mixed-use condominium and its surrounding areas.<\/div>\n
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Espinosa said from being an industrial area in the past decades, the location of Bridgetown has been transformed into a modern upscale business and residential district outside the cities of Makati, Mandaluyong, and Taguig.<\/div>\n
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This development, he noted, is \u201cbringing in more prospects for employment and investment and a chance for Filipinos to enjoy the live-work-play lifestyle.\u201d<\/div>\n
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\u201cThis is an example of what a mutually beneficial partnership can achieve and I hope that we can replicate this with our other business partners,\u201d he added.<\/div>\n
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Espinosa, in a media interview, said they are also building more state-of-the-art power stations in Eton in Quezon City and Southwoods, among others, and these are expected to be operational by 2020.<\/div>\n
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\u201cThis is a future-proof substation already. It can take on the growth for the next 20 to 30 years,\u201d he said, adding the sub-station uses fiber optics.<\/div>\n
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Meralco senior vice president and head of networks Ronnie Aperocho, during the same event, said the Bridgetown sub-station is Meralco\u2019s third digital facility.<\/div>\n
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The other two are in the city of San Juan and the grounds of the Philippine Gaming Corporation (Pagcor) in Pasay City.<\/div>\n
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Aperocho said at least three more similar substations will be built in Manila and Quezon City.<\/div>\n
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The cost of each facility depends on the number of transformers, which fetches around PHP500,000 each, he said.<\/div>\n
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Aperocho said they have retrofitted the distribution utility\u2019s sub-station in Antipolo to make it digital, and is currently monitoring the effect on its operations to determine if they can also do the same to their other analog sub-stations.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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