LEGAZPI CITY: A four-hour brownout hit this city and the neighboring
towns of Daraga, Camalig and Manito after a National Grid Corporation of the
Philippines (NGCP) power line broke down, a ranking official of the Albay
Electric Cooperative (Aleco) said recently.
Power shut off at about 6.45pm last Tuesday when the NGCP power line
connecting to Aleco’s Bitano sub-station in this city broke down, rendering a
four-hour power interruption, according to Rey Reverente, Aleco acting general
manager.
Reverente, in a phone interview yesterday, disclosed that power tripped
at the Bitano sub-station, 69 Kilo-Vault Amperes Transformer that provides
electricity to some 70,000 households in this city and the towns of Daraga,
Camalig, and Manito.
He said technical personnel from the NGCP and Aleco power linemen
rushed to the Bitano site to do repair work on the damaged power line
connection.
NGCP-Aleco technical personnel took four hours to repair the damaged
connection caused by what they termed as a power “airbreak.” Power was restored
at 10.45pm Tuesday.
Later that evening another power interruption occurred at 1.30pm last
Wednesday but power was restored 30 minutes later.
The four-hour brownout caught consumers by surprise while they were
watching primetime TV newscast while others were having their dinner.
Earlier, a two-hour brownout also hit this city and the neighboring
town of Daraga last Aug. 30 due to regular maintenance work on NGCP’s 69 KVA
Daraga-Sorsogon power load transformer.
The brownouts sent thousands of power consumers here to think that
Aleco should settle its P4 billion outstanding accounts with several power
providers to ensure efficient power supply. – Bicol Mail
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