NGCP sets 10-hour interruption in Aklan, Antique

BY BOY RYAN B. ZABAL

Affected consumers of Aklan Electric Cooperative (Akelco) are reminded of 10-hour power interruption that will hit parts of the province of Aklan and Antique on September 2.

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The scheduled shutdown of National Grid Corporation of the Philippine (NGCP) will be in effect for Akelco frachise area serviced by Nabas, Boracay and Caticlan substations.

The Sunday’s power interruption would affect the whole towns of Nabas and Ibajay in Aklan, Pandan and Libertad in Antique and parts of Tangalan from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Boracay Island and the towns of Malay and Buruanga from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Akelco assistant general manager for engineering Joel Martinez said the NGCP will conduct preventive maintenance activities in its 138-kilovolts Panit-an (Capiz)-Nabas (Aklan) transmission line and associated high voltage equipments (HVEs).

NGCP will have unloading and load transfer process for Akelco’s substations of Andagao (Kalibo), Lezo and Altavas from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Altavas substation is servicing the towns of Altavas and Batan and portion of Balete. Lezo substation also served the consumers of Lezo and Malinao and  portions of Madalag, Tangalan and Numancia.

Aside from NGCP maintenance operations, Akelco will have a scheduled power interruption from 8 a.m. to 12 noon for the whole town of Malinao, parts of Bagto in Lezo and the whole barangays of Biga-a, Poblacion, Mina and Sta. Cruz in Lezo and Alaminos in Madalag.

Akelco personnel will be cutting branches of trees along the provincial road of Lezo, Aklan.

Martinez said normal power operations in all the franchise areas of Akelco will resume after 5 p.m.