The Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) has started the development of a new substation in Kawit, Cavite to support the industrial expansion and growing energy demand of communities in the area.
Meralco recently agreed to build a gas-insulated switchgear substation with solutions provider First Orient International Ventures Corp. (FOIVC) to be completed by April 2024 on a 2,377-square meter land bank in Island Cove.
Meralco said the substation will house three transformer banks, each capable of delivering 83 megavolt amperes (MVA) of power or a combined capacity of 249 MVA.
Once operational, the project will address the power requirement of Island Cove and at the same time improve voltage regulation in the area and guarantee operational switching flexibility when needed.
It will also accommodate new load applications and relieve the critically loaded circuits of existing Meralco substations in the area.
