COTABATO CITY–Residents of two upland towns in North Cotabato can now enjoy uninterrupted power supply with the energization on Wednesday of a PHP100-million 69-kilovolt transmission line by the (North) Cotabato Electric Cooperative (Cotelco).
Engr. Godofredo Homez, Cotelco general manager, told reporters Thursday the project will provide ample electricity supply even to the farthest communities in the upland towns of Arakan and Antipas in North Cotabato.
Homez said the member-consumers will be supplied with electricity through the cooperative’s 10MVA sub-station in Barangay Paco, Kidapawan City.
“By energizing the line, we will resolve power woes of our consumers in the hinterlands. We’ve received several complaints from our consumers there on low power,” he said.
The Antipas transmission line was the third for Cotelco in its area of operation serving more than 100,000 households in North Cotabato’s three districts.
Cotelco serves the towns of Kabacan, Carmen, Banisilan, M’lang, Tulunan, Matalam, Magpet, Antipas, Arakan, Makilala and Kidapawan City. Its sister cooperative, known as Cotelco P-PALMA, serves the towns of Pigcawayan, Pikit, Alamada, Libungan, Midsayap and Aleosan, all in the first district of North Cotabato.
Cotelco gets additional power supply from the Aboitiz-owned coal-fired plants in Davao City, Energy Development Corporation geothermal plant, and Agus power plants through the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines. (Noel Punzalan and Edwin O. Fernandez/PNA)
