Power Energy in Cebu
Gearing for the Optimum

The state-run National Power Corporation (NAPOCOR) provides the electric power requirements of Cebu. Practically all cities and municipalities in Cebu, except the island municipality of Pilar, are serviced with electricity. The Visayan Electric Company (VECO) is the major electric supplier in the province.

In 1993, Submarine cable interconnection of Cebu to the Palimpinon geothermal plant in Negros Oriental is set. This is part of a bigger plan to eventually link the islands of panay, negros, cebu, Bohol, Samar and Leyte into one Visayas grid. This will be serviced by coal, geothermal, oil, and small hydros, while providing a large base load generating capacity from indigenous sources like geothermal.

The Napocor has the following expansion programs:

• The repair of the 50-MW Naga II Diesel plant

• An 80-MW connection from Negros’ Palimpinon Geothermal Plant

• A 250-MW connection from Leyte’s Tongonan Geothermal Plant

• An additional 250-MW cable connection from Leyte’s Tongonan
Geothermal Plant