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By Myrna M. Velasco
The ash fall from the
erupting Taal Volcano has also cut-off electricity service in areas being
served by power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco), primarily
those in Batangas, Cavite and Laguna provinces.
As explained by Meralco
spokesman Joe Zaldarriaga, “the ash fall created and spread from the volcanic
eruption,” and when these particles came into contact with the Meralco wires,
they caused tripping of these facilities.
Given this debacle on interrupted power services to consumers, Meralco assured
the public that it will be deploying line crews “to respond to the circuits
affected by the ash fall.”
Nevertheless, the
utility firm qualified that it “will only restore power once it is assessed as
safe for the community.”
As of this writing,
Meralco indicated that it is working to restore power in ash fall-affected
areas “as soon as possible.”
Based on information
provided, some portions of Silang, San Pedro, Sta. Rosa, Cabuyao, and Calamba
towns in Cavite and Laguna already have their electricity services restored
since Monday.
Meralco similarly
apprised the public that power cut-off will not be enforced in unaffected
areas, junking reports being propagated on social media on this supposed
scenario.
In Batangas, Meralco
emphasized that considered hard-hit area is Talisay, hence, its power services
had been cut off.
In Cavite, the towns
marred with power interruptions had been Silang, Amadeo, Alfonso, Mendez-Nuñez,
General Emilio Aguinaldo, Dasmariñas, Indang, Maragondon, Naic, Trece Martirez
and Tagaytay City, but the utility firm emphasized that electricity service in
some parts of Tagaytay had already been brought back.
“Meralco is currently
on full alert and ready to respond to any power-related emergencies,” the
utility firm stressed.
In a related
development, the National Electrification Agency (NEA) reported on Tuesday that
Batangas Electric Cooperative I (BATELEC I) had implemented “forced power
shutdown” that affected some 12,850 households in the towns of Agoncillo and
San Nicolas, in addition to the towns of Sta. Teresita, portions of Calaca and
San Nicolas which lost power service because of ash fall incursion.
The electrification
agency similarly noted that roughly 16,200 households are still plunged in
darkness in the municipalities of Talisay and Laurel, due to the affected
substation of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines.
In other parts of
Batangas, NEA noted that power service delivery had been normal – chiefly in
Alitagtag, Balete, Cuenca, Lipa, Lobo, Mabini, Malvar, Mataas na Kahoy, Padre
Garcia, Rosario, San Jose, San Juan, Taysan and Tingloy.
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