To alleviate the inconveniences faced by the consumers affected by the deficiency of power supply in Alijis substation, Negros Electric and Power Corporation (Negros Power) provided three generator sets to the pumping stations of Bacolod City Water District (Baciwa).

These specific pumping stations, connected to Alijis Feeder 3, lacked power generator sets essential for sustaining water supply during rotational brownouts.

As of August 24, the 10-megavolt ampere (MVA) mobile substation and the 18MVA new power transformer have already been stationed and installed at the compound of the Alijis substation.

Preparations are being conducted, electrical testings and connections both from the 69kV transmission line of the NGCP and to the three-phase automatic circuit reclosers to the Alijis Feeder 3 and other feeders.

It is expected to be finished by Monday evening, August 26, and the required load of power will be supplied to energize all the consumers of the Alijis substation so that no more rotational brownouts will be needed.

“By Monday or Tuesday, this will normalize in the sense that all of those 47,000 consumers na affected who are going on a manual load dropping, dapat on Tuesday wala na ‘yan,” says Negros Power President and CEO Mr. Roel Castro.

Alijis substation holds significant importance, and it is, in fact, part of the substations that are programmed for rehabilitation under the five-year rehabilitation plan of Negros Power.

The early demise of its 13-year-old power transformer last August 21 led to its early rehabilitation on top of six other substations owned by Central Negros Electric Cooperative (Ceneco) previously, which are now also breaching the standard threshold or already reaching critical operational levels.

“We are doing something out of the ordinary, and our priority is to restore the power to all the consumers. I know the consumers will not be satisfied with this, but please give us the benefit of the doubt,” added Castro.