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By Myrna Velasco
With two stormy weather
events pounding the country’s north and south corridors of Luzon this week,
system operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has indicated
that it has been reinforcing its preparations and response systems to
eventualities.
In a statement to the
media, the transmission firm noted that it has “implemented the necessary
preparations and precautions to minimize the impact of tropical depression
‘Maring’ on transmission operations and facilities.”
“Maring” is the weather
disturbance that made a landfall in Quezon province, southern part of Luzon;
while in the north, NGCP had also stepped up response efforts to tropical
depression “Lannie” that entered the country earlier in the week.
The transmission firm
added its Regional Disaster Command Center “monitors all power restoration
activities, reports, and updates from the District Command Centers in Luzon,”
primarily on areas that will be hit directly by the tropical storms.
NGCP emphasized that
its preparations covered “ensuring the reliability of communications equipment,
availability of hardware materials, and supplies necessary for the repair of
damages to facilities.”
It also sorted out positioning
of line crews in strategic areas, “to facilitate immediate restoration work.”
As of 11 a.m. on
Tuesday (September 12), NGCP said the operations of its transmission facilities
and networks were still on “normal state;” while elevating alertness as the
storm intensified later in the day.
The company reiterated
that its enforcement of measures had still been aligned with its long-standing
Integrated Disaster Action Plan (IDAP), sort of guaranteeing “the readiness of
all power transmission facilities expected to be affected by the passage of the
weather disturbance.”
For its part, Manila
Electric Company (Meralco) noted that its crews have been “ready to attend to
any trouble that may affect our facilities in areas that experience strong winds
and heavy rain.”
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