NGCP power lines unavailable amid Typhoon Ulysses
The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) said several power transmission lines have tripped due to strong winds brought by the lashing of Typhoon Ulysses on Thursday.
In an advisory, the NGC said following transmission lines are unavailable:
North Luzon
La Trinidad-Mankayan-Sagada 69 kilovolt (kV) Line
Date/Time Out: 12 November 2020, 2:54AM
Customer affected: BENECO (Atok and Mankayan), MOPRECO (Banao and Sagada)
Labrador-Malasiqui 69kV Line
Date/Time Out: 12 November 2020, 12:54AM
Customer affected: CENPELCO
Labrador-Bolinao 69kV Line
Date/Time Out: 12 November 2020, 7:53AM
Customer affected: CENPELCO, PANELCO I
Botolan-Candelaria 69kV Line
Date/Time Out: 12 November 2020, 4:52AM
Customer affected: ZAMECO I
Botolan-Castillejos 69kV Line
Date/Time Out: 12 November 2020, 3:45AM
Customer affected: ZAMECO I, ZAMECO II
Concepcion-Camiling 69kV Line
Date/Time Out: 12 November 2020, 1:37AM
Customer affected: TARELCO I
Date/Time Out: 12 November 2020, 12:40AM
Customer affected: NEECO I
Date/Time Out: 12 November 2020, 1:23AM
Customer affected: NEECO II
Date/Time Out: 12 November 2020, 12:50AM
Customer affected: NEECO II-Area 2
Date/Time Out: 12 November 2020, 12:11AM
Customer affected: NEECO II-Area 1, NEECO II-Area 2, AURELCO
Date/Time Out: 12 November 2020, 1:05AM
Customer affected: PELCO II
Mexico-Clark 69kV Line 2
Date/Time Out: 12 November 2020, 2:14AM
Customer affected: PELCO II
Mexico-Calumpit 69kV Line
Date/Time Out: 12 November 2020, 2:19AM
Customer affected: PELCO III
South Luzon
Batangas-Rosario 69kV Line
Date/Time Out: 11 November 2020, 11:46PM
Customer affected: BATELEC II, Ibaan Electric Corporation
Gumaca-Lopez 69kV Line
Date/Time Out: 11 November 2020, 12:03PM
Customer affected: QUEZELCO I
Famy-Comon 69kV Line
Date/Time Out: 11 November 2020, 9:56PM
Customer affected: QUEZELCO II
Caliraya-Lumban 69kV Line
Date/Time Out: 11 November 2020, 8:13PM
Customer affected: FLECO
Naga-Lagonoy/Naga-Iriga 69kV Line
Date/Time Out: 11 November 2020, 11:35AM
Customer affected: CASURECO II (Pili), CASURECO III (Bula, Iriga), CASURECO IV (Tigaon, Lagonoy, Presentacion), APEC (Polangui)
Daraga-Sto. Domingo 69kV Line
Date/Time Out: 11 November 2020, 11: 11AM (due to isolation of Daraga Substation)
Customer affected: APEC
The NGCP added that the following lines are also down:
- San Jose-Tayabas 500kV line
- Binga-San Manuel 230kV Line
- Nagsaag-Pantabangan 230kV Line
- Nagsaag-Casecnan 230kV Line
- Malolos-Hermosa 230kV Line
- Marilao-Hermosa 230kV Line
- Mexico-Cabanatuan 230kV Line
- Cabanatuan-Pantabangan 230kV Line
- San Jose-San Rafael 230kV Line
- Malaya-Lumban 230kV Line
- Gumaca-Labo 230kV Line
- Naga-Labo 230kV Line
- Dasmariñas-Rosario 115kV Line
“Inspection and restoration of lines in the affected areas will be in full swing as soon as the weather allows,” the NGCP said.
“Please note that loss of power may be caused by affected transmission facilities of NGCP or distribution facilities of local distribution utilities or electric cooperatives. Specific cities and municipalities affected by the power interruptions are determined by concerned Distribution Utilities, unless the outage affects the entire franchise area,” it said.
Meanwhile, the following transmission lines have been restored:
South Luzon
Batangas-Mabini 69 kilovolt(kV) Line
Date/Time Out: 11 November 2020, 11:40PM
Date/Time In: 12 November 2020, 7:24AM
Customer affected: BATELEC II
Lumban-Famy 69kV Line
Date/Time Out: 11 November 2020, 11:34PM
Date/Time In: 12 November 2020, 9:14AM
Customer affected: QUEZELCO II, First Laguna Electric Cooperative
Pitogo-Mulanay 69kV Line
Date/Time Out: 11 November 2020, 3:48PM
Date/Time In: 12 November 2020, 8:41AM
Customer affected: QUEZELCO I
Naga-Libmanan 69kV Line
Date/Time Out: 11 November 2020, 1:18PM
Date/Time In: 12 November 2020, 6:25AM
Customer affected: CASURECO I
Naga-Tinambac 69kV Line
Date/Time Out: 11 November 2020, 11:47AM
Date/Time In: 12 November 2020, 7:27AM
Customer affected: CASURECO II
Daraga-Ligao 69kV Line
Date/Time Out: 11 November 2020, 7:21AM
Date/Time In: 12 November 2020, 12:02PM
Customer affected: Albay Electric Cooperative
Daraga-Legazpi 69kV Line
Date/Time Out: 11 November 2020, 11:11AM (due to isolation of Daraga Substation)
Date/Time In: 12 November 2020, 12:07PM
Customer affected: APEC
Daraga-Sorsogon 69kV Line
Date/Time Out: 11 November 2020, 11:11AM (due to isolation of Daraga Substation)
Date/Time In: 12 November 2020, 8:19AM
Customer affected:SORECO I, SORECO II
—Ted Cordero/JST, GMA News