“The beautiful thing about learning is that nobody can take away from you.” – B. B. King
Taking a tour of MORE Power, thirty-one students from Tuburan Adventure Club of Paref Westbridge, a private school in Iloilo City, had a first-hand glimpse of what transpires inside a modern power distribution utility.
“Very highly developed for Panay kag over-all kanami. Very good,” says Querubin Villanueva III. “If I would apply this, kung ma engineer ko, it would really help kung ma electric engineer ko.”
According to Blaise Francis Nufable, “It’s very fun to look at our power station that runs our electricity. It’s nice, it’s good to take a look at our substations, including the ones in our school. The transformer, stuff like that. It’s good for our electricity.”
Since then, MORE Power has opened its doors to various institutions who wish to see what goes behind the power utility’s doors, and it delivers seamless service in Iloilo City.
Gavin Hermollata was thankful for the experience. “Thank you so much to Mr. Roel Castro and the people here at MORE Power Iloilo for giving us the opportunity to tour their facilities at how electricity is distributed to our houses, the purpose of substations, the SCADA and how they are maximizing the efficiency of power distribution,” he said.
“Now na intindihan how electricity reaches their home from the main source to the transmission to the distribution lines to the home. Mas na intindihan how,” declared Rene Tan, the school moderator.
The educational tour was part of the initiatives to expose the youth sector to more complicated processes so they may understand it at a young age. It was also a great chance for many students to be inspired in taking engineering courses which are highly in-demand these days in a modern and evolving landscape of the power industry.