2007 ANNUAL REPORT Power Corporation - Aboitiz Equity Ventures

The CPPC and
EAUC plants
are designed
for maximum
flexibility of
operations,
ensuring reliable,
responsive
and efficient
power supply
and services to
customers.
East Asia Utilities Corporation
Cebu Private Power Corporation
Powering a tight market
With the increasing power consumption demand in Cebu,
additional power capacity is needed to meet the needs of
the island. Reserve requirements have tightened leaving the
grid vulnerable.
But private utilities like the East Asia Utilities Corporation
(EAUC) and the Cebu Private Power Corporation (CPPC)
have been providing reliable power to the Mactan Economic
Zone 1 and Visayan Electric Company, Inc. (VECO) in this
time of tightness in the power market. The fact that these
plants are embedded in the markets they serve are an added
advantage resulting to improved voltage and quality of
power. Without these two plants, brownouts will surely be a
common occurrence.
Both the EAUC and CPPC plants are designed for maximum
flexibility of operations, ensuring reliable, responsive and
efficient power supply and services to their dedicated
customers when they need the power.
EAUC began commercial operations in December 1997,
with its 50 megawatts (MW) primarily for the use of
locators of the Mactan Export Processing Zone 1 (MEPZ
1). Located in a two-hectare coastal site within MEPZ 1,
the plant is powered by four MAN B&W bunker-fuel fired
engines coupled with Ideal electric generators. Each unit
has a rated capacity of 12.4 MW, giving the plant a total
installed capacity of 49.6MW.
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The EAUC plant located in Mactan Island, Cebu.