Delegates from Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Thailand and their Filipino counterparts visit NGCP’s System Operations-National Control Center as part of the Asean Residential School in Electric Power Engineering (ARSEPE) in Manila.
The program with the theme, “Turbocharging the Electric Power Distribution Sector Beyond the Asean Power Grid,” provided an overview of the existing and emerging technologies of the energy and power industry in the Philippines and promoted the exchange of best practices among the member utilities.
Highlighting the training program was the visit of local and foreign delegates to NGCP’s National Control Center which serves as the nerve center of power grid operations for the entire country. This is where monitoring and controlling the operations of the grid and balancing of power supply and demand are done.
NGCP Human Resources Head Jeffrey John dela Cerna, Luzon System Operations Head Raul Seludo, and Deputy Assistant Chief Technical Officer Santiago A. Dimaliwat IV (center, left to right), orient the ARSEPE delegates on Philippine power grid operations.
NGCP is a privately owned corporation in charge of operating, maintaining, and developing the country’s power grid. It transmits high-voltage electricity through “power superhighways” that include the interconnected system of transmission lines, towers, substations, and related assets.
Apart from organizing the guided technical tour of the National Control Center, NGCP also hosted the closing ceremonies of the ARSEPE training program. pr
