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NPC INAUGURATES NEW POWER FACILITY IN BUSUANGA, PALAWAN

NPC inaugurates new power facility in Busuanga, Palawan (January 4, 2022)

True to its mandate of bringing electricity in the farthest islands and communities in the country, NPC has 
recently energized Panlaitan Island in Busuanga, Palawan, granting electricity to its 350 households.

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With an initial capacity of 80 kW, NPC’s Panalitan Diesel Power Plant shall supply the island barangay
with an 8-hour electricity daily. The facility will be maintained by two local operators who will be reporting
daily to the NPC’s SPUG Palawan Operations while the distribution function is turned over to Busuanga
Island Electric Cooperative (BISELCO).

Present during the inauguration ceremony were General Manager Ruth Galang Fortes of BISELCO;
Marietta Baltazar - Barangay Captain of Panlaitan; Elizabeth Cervantes - Municipal Mayor of Busuanga;
Rexie Aborot as representative of PGP; Ria Reyes as representative of the National Electrification
Administation (NEA); and the residents of Barangay Panlaitan.

NPC, as mandated by the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001, is tasked to provide reliable
electricity in off-grid islands and communities in the country.

Published: 03 February 2022 Last Updated: 03 February 2022

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Status of NPC Dams

Elevation unit - meters above sea level (masl)

Discharge unit - cubic meters/second (cu. m/s)

Dam Name Elevation Spillway Gate Discharge Date Updated

Ambuklao 751.54 0.0000 09-08-2022 8:00am

Binga 574.15 0.0000 09-08-2022 8:00am

San Roque 257.78 0.0000 09-08-2022 8:00am

Angat 177.73 0.0000 09-08-2022 8:00am

Caliraya 286.70 0.0000 09-08-2022 8:00am

Pulangi 4 285.35 0.0000 09-08-2022 8:00am

Lake Lanao 701.59 131.0000 09-08-2022 7:00am

Agus 2 638.60 97.8000 09-08-2022 8:00am

Agus 4 358.55 82.9860 09-08-2022 8:00am

Agus 5 242.90 111.7000 09-08-2022 8:00am

Agus 6 199.70 157.6800 09-08-2022 8:00am

Agus 7 34.70 96.1600 09-08-2022 8:00am

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Tel. no.: (632) 8921-3541
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E-mail: corpcomm@napocor.gov.ph (mailto:corpcomm@napocor.gov.ph)

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The National Power Corporation (NPC) remains a government-owned and -controlled corporation
mandated to perform missionary electrification or powering the farthest islands in the archipelago thru its
Small Power Utilities Group (SPUG); watershed and dams management in support of power generation;
and operations and maintenance of the Agus and Pulangi Hydropower Complexes in Mindanao. It is an
attached agency of the Department of Energy (DOE).

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