ORANI, Bataan — Five towns in Bataan were affected by the scheduled power outage of the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) and the Peninsula Electric Cooperative (Penelco) Tuesday.
NGCP said in its social media account that it will undertake implementation of the 69KV switchyard project at its Hermosa substation.
Jose Baino, Penelco foreman, said they pulled out a broken transformer in Orani while there is a power interruption. “Hindi namin ma-pullout kapag may power kaya sinabayan namin ang interruption na schedule ng NGCP.”
He added that that as far as he knew, power interruption was from 5 a.m. to 7 p.m scheduled in portions of the towns of Dinalupihan, Hermosa, Orani, Samal, and Abucay.
“Konting pasensya lang para din naman sa atin ito na nagsasagawa tayo ng preventive maintenance para hindi magkaroon ng mas malaking problema,” Baino told consumers.
Felix Paguio, Penelco construction operation maintenance head, explained “So kapag nagkakaroon tayo ng annual preventive maintenance tine-test natin ang mga properties ng mga equipment natin kung okay pa ang functionality nila, kung okay pa ang parameters nila na mag-operate pa for the next year.”
Paguio, also section head of the 69 KV sub-transmission line of Penelco, said they have to undertake yearly maintenance to maintain the integrity of the system.
“Ngayon nagkaroon ng interruption na ini-schedule ang NGCP, so we took the opportunity na sabayan na namin ng maintenance para isang schedule na lang. Hindi na tayo magkaroon ng separate na mawawalan ng power din dito sa Orani,” he said.
“Sa ngayon ang affected na bayan base sa interruption na in-issue ng NGCP ay Dinalupihan, Hermosa and then kinalakihang bahagi ng Orani saka ng Samal. Abucay sa ngayon may power pero mayroon kaming additional na notice of advisory for curtailment na kung sakaling tataas ang load ng linya na kinukuhanan ng Abucay, magkakaroon tayo ng load shedding yun po ang pagpapatay ng supply ng kuryente sa ibang portion ng mga bayan para ma-maintain ang integrity ng linya at hindi mag-collapse,” Paguio said.
He said that in Orani they started at 5 a.m. which was set until 7 p.m. based on NGCP notice of interruption.
