The Mexico–Hermosa Transmission Line is a 230,000 volt, double-circuit line that connects Mexico and Hermosa substations of National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP).

Route description

The Mexico–Hermosa Transmission Line was originally commissioned by the government-owned National Power Corporation (NAPOCOR). Since 2009, it is now operated and maintained by privately-owned National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP). The transmission line passes through the municipalities of

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

Bacolor Bacolor, officially the Municipality of Bacolor ( pam, Balen ning Bakúlud; tgl, Bayan ng Bacolor), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Pampanga, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 48,066 people. Bacolor ...

Guagua Guagua, officially the Municipality of Guagua ( pam, Balen ning Guagua; tl, Bayan ng Guagua), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Pampanga, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 128,893 people. The town o ...

, and Lubao in

Pampanga Pampanga, officially the Province of Pampanga ( pam, Lalawigan ning Pampanga; tl, Lalawigan ng Pampanga ), is a province in the Central Luzon region of the Philippines. Lying on the northern shore of Manila Bay, Pampanga is bordered by Tarlac ...

and Hermosa in

Bataan Bataan (), officially the Province of Bataan ( fil, Lalawigan ng Bataan ), is a province in the Central Luzon region of the Philippines. Its capital is the city of Balanga while Mariveles is the largest town in the province. Occupying the entir ...

, and the city of

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which is also located in Pampanga. It is located within the service area of NGCP's North Luzon Operations and Maintenance (NLOM) Districts 5 (Western Central Plain) and 6 (South Central Plain). Mostly uses lattice towers, steel poles are located on some portions of the line and they either come in a three-level steel pole or bipole towers. H-frame wood pole was also used on East Gate Village before it was replaced with a three-level pole. It starts at Barangay San Jose Matulid in Mexico, passes into East Gate Village, and crosses into Hermosa–Duhat–Balintawak transmission line upon crossing

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(NLEx) and

Jose Abad Santos Avenue Jose Abad Santos Avenue (JASA), also known as the Olongapo–Gapan Road and the Gapan–San Fernando–Olongapo Road, is a two-to-thirteen-lane major highway spanning the provinces of Bataan, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, and Zambales in Central Luzon, ...

. After crossing NLEx, it turns right, passes into residential areas within San Fernando, and crosses into

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. The line then turns left and crosses again with Jose Abad Santos Avenue and Hermosa–Duhat–Balintawak transmission line. It will also cross and run parallel with the Hermosa–San Jose transmission line from lattice towers 28 to 37. After the intersection of Guagua–Sta Rita Road and Jose Abad Santos Avenue, it will now parallel with the Hermosa–Guagua 69,000 volt line. The power line then continues on a straight route, crosses into Jose Abad Santos Avenue for the third time and Hermosa–Duhat–Balintawak line for the fourth time, and turns right. At Lubao, the line crosses into Jose Abad Santos Avenue for the fourth time and Hermosa–Duhat–Balintawak line for the fifth time. It turns to the left and continues until the line turns right upon approaching Hermosa Substation, where it ends.

Improvements

The

National Transmission Corporation The National Transmission Corporation (TransCo) is a Philippine government-owned and controlled corporation created in 2001 by the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (Republic Act 9136) and a corporate entity wholly owned by the Power Sector Ass ...

(TransCo) relocated its Bacolor–Guagua section through the Lahar-Affected Transmission Line Relocation Project, using 19 replacement steel towers. It was completed in April 2003. In 2015, wood pole 5A was replaced with a more durable three-level steel pole. The reconductoring of a line was done in 2017, with four new bipole towers (totalling to 8 steel poles) and poles near Hermosa Substation which were erected earlier in 2018.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mexico-Hermosa Transmission Line Energy infrastructure completed in 1991 Transmission lines in the Philippines