Iloilo City (CNN Philippines) — Power was cut for three hours on Sunday (September 27) in the provinces of Iloilo, Capiz, and Aklan on Panay Island.
It was an emergency shutdown that lasted from 5 a.m. to 8 a.m.
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) had to do emergency maintenance of two 69-kilovolt lines — the Panit-an-Altavas and the Panit-an-Sara-Balasan.
“We do the maintenance on schedule, but this time it is an emergency shutdown because there really is a need to repair our lines before the situation worsens,” Michelle Visera, NGCP-Visayas corporate communications officer, said.
The shutdown affected franchise areas of Iloilo Electric Cooperative III, Capiz Electric Cooperative, and Aklan Electric Cooperative.
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