GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews / 27 Feb) – A major fault along a transmission line maintained by the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) in Bukidnon province reportedly triggered the continuing massive power outage in parts of Mindanao.
Most of Mindanao plunged into darkness 3:53 a.
m. today, and the NGCP, in its website, said that it is “still determining the cause and is working to restore the power transmission service to all power customers in Mindanao.”
Santiago Tudio, general manager of the South Cotabato I Electric Cooperative (Socoteco I), said they were informed by the NGCP that the cause of the outage has initially been traced to the transmission lines connecting the National Power Corporation’s hydroelectric plants in Bukidnon to the Mindanao power grid.
He said the NGCP advisory did not indicate any problem with the power plants but only with the transmission lines.
“The line somewhere in Bukidnon reportedly collapsed.
They (NGCP) could not yet confirm the exact spot of the fault as their workers are still trying to locate it as of this time,” he said in a radio interview.
As of 10 a.m., the entire southern and central Mindanao as well as parts of the Davao region has remained without power due to the disturbance, although some areas like Cagayan de Oro City regained electricity past 9 a.m. Power was also restored in Iligan City shortly before 10 a.
