NGCP exerts effort to restore power soonest time possible

DAVAO CITY, Feb. 14 (PIA) ---- The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NCGP) aims to complete at the soonest possible time, the restoration of power lines felled and destroyed by the devastating blow of Typhoon Odette as it crossed Mindanao and Visayas in December 2021.

Guesting during the recently held regional Kapihan sa PIA aired thru One Davao Presser, NGCP Communications Officer Milfrance “Bambie” Q. Capulong said NGCP had deployed about 1,500 linemen, three helicopters and 61 line trucks to fast-track repairs and restoration of transmission lines in 22 Odette-affected provinces in Mindanao and Visayas.

“They spent Christmas restoring power lines,” Capulong recalled how NGCP linemen and workers spent their days on field in an effort to immediately repair power transmission lines, after typhoon Odette wrecked havoc to a number of provinces.

On behalf of NGCP, Capulong extended gratitude to partners from electric cooperatives which also deployed linemen and support personnel to carry out immediate repair and restoration.

“Naging mabilis at magaan pero hindi po naging ‘cooperative’ ang weather after Odette. Umuulan habang sila’y nag-rerepair,” Capulong said in giving idea about the working situation of NGCP workforce.

In early February, NGCP so far restored 94 transmission lines of the 95 that NGCP maintained in the Odette-hit 22 provinces in Visayas and Mindanao. The province of Bohol is its remaining area of concern to permanently complete power line repairs and restoration.

Capulong admitted that the repair of sub-marine cable transmitting power supply to Bohol would take a long time, but NGCP has erected in Bohol, “emergency restoration system structures” or special towers to restore transmission of power supply.

In a news post on Facebook dated February 09, NGCP said that Bohol-Leyte link was energized ahead of time as it “successfully completed and energized the two special towers of the Ubay-C.P. Garcia 138kV Line toppled by Typhoon Odette”.

NGCP Communications Officer Milfrance “Bambie” Q. Capulong (left) with PIA-11 Frances Macapagat

“Through its Emergency Restoration Systems (ERS), a temporary by-pass line was constructed to restore the interconnection of Bohol to Leyte, six days ahead of schedule,” NGCP says.

NGCP still aimed to completely and permanently restore these towers by April 2022, using “using a new tower design with a higher wind-rating to increase its ability to withstand stronger typhoons”.

Meanwhile, Mindanao NGCP transmission lines have been restored even in severely devastated areas of Surigao provinces and Surigao del Sur, Capulong said.

“Nahuman na ta… Even before New Year daghan nata na restore na mga linya and facilities,” Capulong said.

Immediate power line restoration was made possible by NGCP in the midst of wide area of typhoon devastation with the Integrated Disaster Action Plan that it had made to work during disaster.

“We prepositioned the materials, line hardwares in strategic places, wherever would be affected,” Capulong said while further explaining that part of prepositioned logistics are its transport system and facilities, and manpower. (PIA XI/ Jeanevive Duron-Abangan)

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