Generation
The Bacman Geothermal Projection Field (BGPF) supplied a total of 193,695
tons of steam to the National Power Corporation (NPC) for an equivalent generation of 11,523 MWh of electricity for the
year. This covered only Bacman 1 and Bacman 2-Botong area since NPC’s Bacman 2-Cawayan plant was still on shutdown.
Transmission
The National Transmission Corporation (TransCo) was tasked to provide
efficient and reliable transmission of electricity across the region. It undertook various activities such as construction
and maintenance of transmission facilities, grid interconnection and power dispatch.
For CY 2007, TransCo regularly maintained the mainline, transmission lines
and load end substation and facilities.
The transmission towers used by TransCo were of latticed-type steel towers which
can be strengthened during the design stage of manufacturing the tower. The strength of these towers depended on the
completeness of tower parts or braces. However, tower parts pilferage could greatly reduce its designed strength. Tubular
steel towers should be considered in the replacement or rehabilitation of steel towers to withstand weather
disturbances.
Distribution
The region’s electricity supply was distributed by 11 electric cooperatives (ECs),
namely: Albay Electric Cooperative; Inc. (ALECO); Camarines Norte Electic Cooperative, Inc. (CANORECO);
Camarines Sur I Electric Cooperative, Inc. (CASURECO 1); Camarines Sur II Electric Cooperative, Inc. (CASURECO II);
Camarines Sur III Electric Cooperative, Inc. (CASURECO III);
Camarines Sur IV Electric Cooperative, Inc. (CASURECO IV); First Catanduanes Electric Cooperative, Inc. (FICELCO); Sorsogon I
Electric Cooperative, Inc. (SORECO I); Sorsogon II Electric Cooperative, Inc. (SORECO II); Masbate Electric Cooperative,
Inc. (MASELCO); and Ticao Island Electric Cooperative, Inc. (TISELCO).
In 2007, 14 additional barangays were energized posting 94.34 percent of the
3,410 total target. Masbate registered the least energization level at 65.21 percent (Table 9.1).
Electric
Distribution
Utilities |
Municipalities and Cities |
Barangays |
Un-
energized |
Coverage/
Energized |
% |
Coverage |
Energized |
|
To date |
% |
|
ALECO |
18 |
100 |
720 |
718 |
99.72 |
2 |
|
CANORECO |
12 |
100 |
273 |
273 |
100 |
0 |
|
CASURECO I |
11 |
100 |
309 |
295 |
95.47 |
14 |
|
CASURECO
II |
10 |
100 |
259 |
259 |
100 |
0 |
|
CASURECO
III |
7 |
100 |
229 |
229 |
100 |
0 |
|
CASURECO
IV |
9 |
100 |
258 |
258 |
100 |
0 |
|
FICELCO |
11 |
100 |
315 |
315 |
100 |
0 |
|
SORECO 1 |
8 |
100 |
253 |
253 |
100 |
0 |
|
SORECO II |
7 |
100 |
288 |
288 |
100 |
0 |
|
MASELCO |
15 |
100 |
434 |
283 |
65.21 |
151 |
|
TISELCO |
4 |
100 |
72 |
46 |
63.89 |
26 |
|
Total |
112 |
100 |
3,410 |
3,217 |
94.34 |
193 |
Source: NEA
The Philippine Rural Electrification Services (PRES) Project implemented by the
National Power Corporation-Small Power Utilities Group (NPC-SPUG) involved the sales, survey, design, procurement and
construction of PV solar home and/or diesel mini-grid systems in 114 barangays in mainland Masbate and 14 barangys
in Ticao Island. However, the total number of barangays was reduced to 126 due to security reasons. The project started
in January 2007. During the entire year, activities were concentrated on the sales and marketing, staking and design
and partial delivery of materials. With the completion of the project in 2009, energization level in Masbate is seen
to improve.
Systems Loss
Three of the 11 electric cooperative decreased their systems loss. These
wee TISELCO, FICELCO and CASURECO IV. Average systems loss for Bicol region however increased to 3.25 percent from the
18.53 percent posted in 2006. CASURECO III had the greatest increase of 6.44 percent Table 9.2).
Among the electric cooperatives, ALECO was on NEA’s watchlist for its
unpaid bills to the National Power Corporation (NPC) which amounted to Php1.4 billion. An agreement was being formalized between NPC and ALECO. NPC will provide technical assistance to the beleaguered ALECO to make it financially
viable and operationally efficient.
Table 9.2. System Loss, Bicol Region, 2006 and 2007
Name of
Distribution Utility |
2006
Actual (%) |
2007
Actual (%) |
Increase/
Decrease |
|
ALECO |
23.31 |
24.56 |
1.35 |
|
CANORECO |
11.68 |
11.94 |
0.26 |
|
CASURECO I |
22.34 |
25.82 |
3.48 |
|
CASURECO II |
19.64 |
21.41 |
1.77 |
|
CASURECO III |
21.88 |
28.32 |
6.44 |
|
CASURECO IV |
20.29 |
20.09 |
(0.2) |
|
FICELCO |
15.37 |
14.09 |
(1.28) |
|
SORECO 1 |
14.39 |
20.47 |
6.08 |
|
SORECO II |
19.37 |
21.00 |
1.63 |
|
MASELCO |
21.07 |
22.73 |
1.66 |
|
TISELCO |
29.19 |
24.90 |
(4.29) |
|
Average |
18.53 |
21.78 |
3.25 |
Source: NEA
