This as the Transmission and Distribution Department of the Visayan Electric Company will conduct line maintenance works in its service areas.
From 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Thursday, portions of A. del Rosario and Espina compound in barangay Guizo, Mandaue City will have no power due to the upgrading of a primary line. The three-hour power interruption will enable the crew to convert existing V-phase primary line into 3-phase and connect a 3-100KVA transformer.
On Friday, barangays Labangon and Tisa will experience brownouts from 6 a.m. to 12 noon as VECO will replace a rotten pole with a 40-inch concrete pole and transfer all its attachments to the newly erected pole in barangay San Nicholas proper.
From 6 a.m. to 12 noon on Friday, barangays Poblacion and Candulawan in Minglanilla and portions of barangay Vito will experience power interruptions due to the relocation of lines and poles that are traversing a private property. The six-hour brownout will enable the VECO crew to install 35-inch concrete poles.
On the same day, the power firm will also replace rotten poles to 40-inch concrete poles in Poblacion Pardo and Toong, Cebu City that will result in brownouts in the same area that will start from 8 a.m. to 12 noon. - Wenna A. Berondo