By Lenie Lectura - February 3, 2020
THE National Electrification
Administration (NEA) said last week that power distribution services have been
restored in Batangas province, except for some villages that are within the
7-kilometer danger zone of Taal Volcano.
The Batangas I Electric Cooperative
Inc. (Batelec 1) has fully restored electricity for 18 out of 21 barangays in
the Municipality of Agoncillo as of January 31.
Batelec 1 General Manager Alvin
Velasco said electricity in the remaining three barangays—Banyaga, Bilibinwang
and Subic Ilaya—could not be restored at the moment because these remain off
limits due to their close proximity to Taal volcano.
Velasco also said Batelec 1 has
temporarily disconnected a total of 469 damaged houses across 15 barangays in
Agoncillo.
Power situation in the towns of
Lemery, San Nicolas, Santa Teresita, and Taal—with a total combined households
of 47,265—has, likewise, normalized.
Batelec 1 earlier implemented a
forced power shutdown on these areas, which were earlier placed on lockdown, as
a precautionary measure.
The electric cooperative assured
that work will continue until all areas in Batangas under the franchise of
Batelec 1 are fully energized.
For Batangas 2 Electric Cooperative
Inc. (Batelec 2), power restoration efforts were completed for the
municipalities of Cuenca, Malvar, Mataas Na Kahoy, Talisay, Lipa City and
Tanauan City, as well as majority of communities in Balete and Laurel.
The barangays of Gulod, Buso-buso
and Bugaan East in Laurel, and Calawit in Balete remain on lockdown, however,
as these areas are within the 7-km danger zone from the main crater of the
volcano.
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