NGCP Training Center Mexico, Pampanga

Training of NGCP’s technical personnel will soon involve regular hands-on, first-hand practice, and not just table-top simulation, with the near completion of NGCP’s Training Center in its Mexico Substation in Pampanga.

The new training center will enhance the technical skills and proficiency of newly hired and regular substation and Maintenance and Testing Division (MTD) engineers and technicians in doing their daily work effectively, efficiently, and safely.

In line with NGCP’s vision to be a world class transmission service provider, the training center is a complete replica of a typical substation.

The 438-square meter training center has a control room containing a complete protection panel with AC/DC System and Secondary Protection System, lecture room, and the district command center which is being used for disaster monitoring.

The training center is constructed in a building vacated by Central Luzon Area Control Center (CLACC) and the old Mexico Substation control room. Completing the training facility is the 2,232 square meter mini-substation, equipped with 230-kiloVolt (kV) and 69-Kv switchyard basic components and other substation equipment.

“Most of the equipment used in the construction of the Mexico Training Center were taken from our spare materials and decommissioned equipment from the substation, making it more cost-efficient and environmentally sustainable. With the new training facility, NGCP may also provide future joint technical trainings for electric utilities, technical schools, colleges, and universities,” said NGCP President and CEO Henry Sy, Jr.

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. The consortium holds the 25-year concession contract to operate the country’s power transmission network and is comprised of Monte Oro Grid Resources Corp., led by Henry Sy, Jr., Calaca High Power Corporation, led by Robert Coyiuto, Jr., and the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) as technical partner.