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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 s