(The Philippine Star) | Updated December 31, 2017 - 12:00am
BANGUED, Abra,
Philippines — The Abra Electric Cooperative (Abreco) is not giving up hope that
the National Electric Administration (NEA) will help in addressing the power
situation in the province.
Abreco, which has been
experiencing financial problems, has not benefited from the sitio
electrification and barangay line enhancement programs of the NEA, the
cooperative’s general manager Loreto Seares Jr. said yesterday.
“We have been asking
help...for years about this, but no assistance came,” Seares said.
Abreco had earlier
sought President Duterte’s intervention on the technical, financial and
administrative assistance it has been asking from NEA since 2014, including an
additional five megavolt ampere substation.
Abra had experienced
power interruptions early this year after a fire that hit Abreco’s main
substation due to overloading.
Despite difficulties,
Seares said they managed to provide electricity to their customers through
He cited the recent installation of another five MVA transformer in one of
their substations and a 69-kiloVolt circuit breaker in compliance with the
Philippine Grid Code.
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