Zamsureco-1 implements 4-5 hours daily rotational brownout

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PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, April 18 (PNA) -– The local electric cooperative is implementing daily rotational brownout as one of its power providers is on emergency shutdown.

Liberal Cabatcha, Zamboanga del Sur Electric Cooperative-1 (Zamsureco-1) spokesman, on Monday told the Philippines News Agency that the emergency shutdown came after one of the four units of the Therma South Power Station conked out last week.

Cabatcha said the Davao del Sur-based Therma South power plant supplies 10 of the 34 megawatts power demand of Zamsureco-1.

Cabatcha said they have to implement four to five hours daily rotational brownout to enable them to serve the consumers of Zamsureco-1.

The schedule of rotational brownouts is two to three hours in the morning and one to two hours in the afternoon.

Cabatcha said they have not received notice from the power provider as to how long will it take to complete the repair works.

Zamsureco-1 serves this city and 24 of the 26 towns of this province with 69,857 active connections.

The other power suppliers of Zamsureco-1 aside from the Therma South are the following: Davao-based Aboitiz Power Corporation, 5-MW; Misamis Oriental based Mindanao Steag Power Station 5-MW; and National Power Corporation (Napocor) 14-MW. (PNA)

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