Brownout to hit Kalinga, Apayao, Cagayan

Manila Bulletin 
By Freddie G .Lazaro 
Published: May 29, 2013 
Vigan City – The entire Kalinga province and parts of Apayao and Cagayan will have no power for as long as 10 hours tomorrow, May 30, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) announced yesterday.
NGCP North Luzon Public Affairs Officer Lilibeth P. Gaydowen said the first scheduled brownout will start from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. affecting the distribution utilities of Cagayan Electric Cooperative I (CAGELCO I) and Kalinga Electric Cooperative (KAELCO).
“The brownout will affect the entire province of Kalinga and the towns of Enrile, Faire, Piat, Rizal, Tuao, Solana, and Tuguegarao City, all in Cagayan province,” she said.
Gaydowen said the cause of the brownout had something to do with the annual preventive maintenance and testing of Gamu-Tuguegarao 230kV transmission line power equipment.
The other scheduled brownout will start from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and affects the distribution utilities of of Cagayan Electric Cooperative I and II (CAGELCO I and II).
Gaydowen said that the areas affected here are the towns of Alcala, Amulung, Iguig, Baggao, Lallo, Gattaran, Aparri, Lasam, Allacapan, Camalaniugan, Buguey, Sta. Teresita, Gonzaga, Sta. Ana, Abulug, Pamplona, Ballesteros, Sanchez Mira, Claveria, and Sta. Praxedes, all in Cagayan province; and Pudtol, Luna, Flora, Sta. Marcela, and Calanasan, all in Apayao province.
“The reason of the brownout is the annual preventive maintenance and testing of Tuguegarao-Magapit 69kV line and energization of the 15 MVA capacitor in Magapit substation,” she noted.
“The restoration of power will immediately resume upon work’s completion,” she added.   source