Power line in Iloilo still operational after slight damage in blast
By Nestor P. Burgos Jr.
An explosion slightly damaged a power transmission tower in Miag-ao town in Iloilo Friday evening, according to a belated military report.
An explosion slightly damaged a power transmission tower in Miag-ao town in Iloilo Friday evening, according to a belated military report.
Energy Secretary Jericho Petilla on Friday called on oil companies to use their own generator sets for their operations at the gas stations, oil depots and similar facilities on Monday to ensure adequate power supply during the election.
Mylene C. Capongcol, director of the electric power industry management bureau at the Department of Energy, told the Inquirer on Thursday that “simultaneous tripping” at the 230-kilovolt Biñan-Calaca transmission line and at the second unit of the Calaca coal-fired power plant in Batangas at 1:51 p.m. on Wednesday led to shutdowns at seven power plants in Luzon, causing a massive outage.
Brownouts hit a large portion of Metro Manila and provinces in Luzon on Wednesday as six major power plants on the island went on unscheduled shutdowns, five days before the election on May 13. By Wednesday evening, three power plants had gone back online.
The massive blackout that hit areas in Metro Manila other Luzon regions Wednesday was caused by “unplanned outage” of five power plants supplying electricity to the Luzon grid, the National Grid Corp. said.
Operations of the Light Rail Transit Line 2 have resumed after it was disrupted by a massive power failure Wednesday afternoon.
A power outage hit part of Metro Manila and provinces in Luzon on Wednesday as five major power plants in the island went on unscheduled shutdowns due to a “tripping” of transmission lines.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) and other government offices are exerting their best effort to have power restored, at least for Election Day, in nine of 14 villages of Pantabangan, Nueva Ecija, the town’s election official said on Sunday.
The town hosting the Pantabangan Dam has suffered from blackout since March 7, prompting a candidate, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and the Department of Energy (DOE) to request a power company to restore power at least for the duration of the May 13 midterm elections.
Brownouts in Mindanao are turning deadly, at least to the family of a man who died following an asthma attack at the height of an outage that prevented him from using his nebulizer.
The frequent power outages may turn Zamboanga into a city of junk as more and more appliances are getting busted beyond repair.
Militant groups led by Karapatan-Albay and the Albay Electric Cooperative (ALECO) multi-sectoral stakeholders’ organization (AMSSO) staged a protest rally Monday morning opposing the planned privatization of the financially ill electric cooperative.
The Mindanao Development Authority (Minda) wants to reduce by two hours the rotating brownouts in Mindanao by conducting cloud-seeding operations over Lake Lanao.
