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Veco: Expect power outages starting today

/ 12:54 PM November 11, 2013

POWER in Metro Cebu and other areas serviced by the Visayan Electric Co. (Veco) was 94 percent restored as of 6 p.m. yesterday, the utility firm said.

In an advisory issued via Twitter, Veco said power was fully restored in its biggest service area in Cebu City, barangay Busay, as of 2 p.m. yesterday.

Veco said damage to lateral lines and poles was the cause of power failure in these areas.

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But Veco chief operating officer Sebastian Lacson cautioned that rotation brownouts may be in effect today.

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In it’s Twitter update, Lacson urged consumers to minimize power consumption until the power feed from Leyte which provides 1/3 of their power is reestablished.

At noon yesterday, power was restored in parts of barangays Banilad, Nivel, Camputhaw, Banawa, Labangon, Ermita, Basak-Pardo, Bulacao, Guadalupe and barangay Luz in Cebu City, barangay Cabancalan and Mandaue City, all of Talisay City and Consolacion town.

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The Cebu Electric Cooperative 1 and 3 (Cebeco 1 and Cebeco 3) said they restored power in some parts of their franchise areas, Cebeco manager Engr. Lowell Belciña said.

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For Cebeco 2, only a portion of Compostela town, Danao City and Carmen town especially along the highway were energized.

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Power restoration is ongoing in Catmon town while Cebeco will start rehabilitation for Bogo City and other northern towns today.

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As of 10 a.m. yesterday, the Metro Cebu Water District (MCWD) also claimed that 76 percent of supply is restored in Metro Cebu. Correspondent Jhunnex Napallacan

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