Socoteco II’s technical services department noted that the area’s total deficit is presently at 33 MW as the NPC only managed to supply 49 MW to the area this week.
TMI augments the area’s power supplies by 30 MW based on a power sales agreement that it earlier signed with Socoteco II.
The electric cooperative forged the sales deal with TMI in 2011 after the NPC slashed the area’s power allocation to the area by 30 percent or from 104 MW to 72 MW in 2012.
This year, NPC imposed another 30 percent cut to the area’s power supplies or specifically from 72 MW to 52 MW.
Ocat said Socoteco II has fully utilized its 30 MW supply contract with TMI but DLPC, which has a standing contract of 30 MW with the firm, only uses them as standby power.
“Instead of just using it as standby power, DLPC might agree to give this to other coops or distribution utilities for two months this summer,” he said.[]
In case Socoteco II gets DLPC’s nod, he said the current rotating brownouts in the area might eventually go down to just four hours.[]
