Power outage to hit7 Pampanga towns

SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Philippines – The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) has advised electric cooperatives and consumers of a nine-hour power interruption in some parts of this province tomorrow.

The power outage, scheduled from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., will affect seven towns being serviced by the Pampanga II Electric Cooperative Inc. and San Fernando Electric Light and Power Co. Inc.

The affected areas are the towns of Bacolor, Sta. Rita, Sasmuan, Porac, Lubao, Guagua, and Floridablanca.

Ernest Lorenz Vidal, NGCP’s Central Luzon corporate communication and public affairs officer, said the temporary shutdown will facilitate the annual preventive maintenance of a 1.5 MVA transformer and its power equipment at the Basa substation, and the replacement of old wooden poles along the Hermosa-Guagua 69-kilovolt line.

He said normal operations will immediately resume after the work is completed.