THE Visayan Electric Co. (Veco) started posting lists of areas where rotational brownouts will occur starting yesterday.
“The exact time and lengths of the interruption will depend on the available power,” Veco corporate communications manager Theresa Sederiosa said.
She urged customers to check their Facebook page and follow them on Twitter for the list. The Visayas grid had a shortage of 137 megawatts (MW) yesterday.
In an interview yesterday Elmer Cruz, National Grid Corp. of Philippines corporate communications officer said the Visayas peak demand was at 1,168 MW yesterday while supply was only at 1,031 MW.
Of the 131 MW shortage, Veco has a curtailment of 40 MW or 20 MW higher than last Tuesday’s shortage.
Cruz said customers in the Visayas will likely experience partial power interruptions at 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. when demand is at its highest.
He added that they are now working double time to restore damaged transmission facilities including 248 transmission towers and 198 poles in the Visayas region, most of these are in Panay Island.