CL electric coops unite to restore power in typhoon hit areas

MEXICO, Pampanga-Some 100 linemen and other technical personnel from electric cooperatives from all over Central Luzon gathered here last week and left for their mission to help restore electricity to typhoon- hit areas in Southern Luzon.

The Central Luzon Electric Cooperatives Association (CLECA) said the personnel would help restore electric power in the typhoon-hit provinces of Albay, Camarines Sur, Marinduque and other nearby areas by replacing damaged electric power lines and poles, and repair distribution transformers and other components of the electric power system in the areas hit by Super Typhoon Nina which entered the country on Christmas Eve.

The personnel composed “Task Force Kapatid: Typhoon Nina” which was backed by the National Electrification Administration (NEA) administrator Edgardo Masongsong. The personnel were from the Aurora Electric Cooperative, Inc., Nueva Ecija I Electric Cooperative, Nueva Ecija II Area 1 Electric Cooperative, Nueva Ecija II Area 2 Electric Cooperative, Pampanga I Electric Cooperative, Pampanga II Electric Cooperative, Pampanga III Electric Cooperative, Pampanga Rural Electric Service Cooperative, Tarlac I Electric Cooperative, Tarlac II Electric Cooperative, Zambales I Electric Cooperative and Zambales II Electric Cooperative.