June 29, 2020 03:00 AM By
The South Cotabato 2 Electric Cooperative (SOCOTECO II)
on Sunday assured Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi that power supply in General
Santos City and in three other towns in South Cotabato is stable and will
remain adequate for the requirement of consumers.
This was the electric
cooperative’s response to reports that residents in SOCOTECO II-serviced areas
have experienced power interruptions and prevented students from attending
their online summer classes.
SOCOTECO II acting
manager Geronimo Desesto clarified the power interruption happened only when
the Tambler substation sustained damage on 13 March and made worse by the
toppling of 20 electrical posts on 4 June.
“Temporary solutions
were worked out by replacing supply to the damaged Tambler substation from
other substations,” the SOCOTECO official explained.
According to Desesto,
intermittent interruptions were experience due to load management adjustments
as repairs for the damaged substation were ongoing.
Still, the electric
cooperative official said power supply in the affected areas has already been
brought back to normal since 12 June as the transfer and connection of power
lines to power suppliers were completed.
He likewise said
compensation from Notre Dame of Dadiangas College whose dump truck rammed and
damaged the Tambler substation will be used to purchase a brand new
20-mega-volt ampere transformer.
The damaged power lines
on 4 June were repaired and restored on the same day, preventing power supply
interruptions in the franchise areas.
SOCOTECO services over
180,000 households and distributes 120 megawatts of power supply over General
Santos City, Sarangani province and the towns of Polomolok, Tupi and Tampakan.
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