NGCP lifts power curtailment in Zamboanga del Sur

click below to link related article
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?&sid=6&pfn=711298&arch=1&go=Go&search_arch=PAGADIAN%20CITY,%20ZAMBOANGA%20DEL%20SUR&andor=and&mdte_arch=10&ddte_arch=0&ydte_arch=2014

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, Dec. 1 (PNA) -– The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has lifted the power curtailment they implemented the past several days in selected areas here in Mindanao since the power supply capacity has normalized.

Liberal Cabatcha, information officer of the Zamboanga del Sur Electric Cooperative-1 (Zamsureco-1), said Monday the power curtailment has been lifted effective Friday, November 29.

The Zamsureco-1 was among the selected electric cooperatives that were affected by the three-hour power curtailment the NGCP has implemented.

Cabatcha said the NGCP lifted the power curtailment since the supply capacity has normalized following the improvement of the water levels in Lake Lanao and Pulangi River where the hydroelectric power plants are located.

The hydroelectric power plants supplies electricity to the majority of Mindanao.

Cabatcha said the water level in Lake Lanao and Pulangi River has improved brought about by the continuous rains spawned by Tropical Storm Queenie that recently hit the country.

Zamsureco-1, which was established in August 25, 1972, serves 69,857 connections in this city and in 24 of the 26 municipalities of this province.

Cabatcha said Zamsureco-1 was affected by the three-hour power curtailment as there was power generation shortage of at least 70-megatwatt from the Agus and Pulangi hydroelectric plants due to decreasing water level.

He said the unit number 2 of the Steag coal-fired power plant in Villanueva, Misamis Oriental and a unit of the diesel-fired Therma Marine, Inc. in Iligan City have also conked out the reason why there was power curtailment.

However, he said the power generation units of the two land-based power plants are also back to normal operations. (PNA)
FFC/TPGJR/HDC/JSD