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AS if in
prelude to the rainy season, three transmission
facilities of the National Transmission Corp. (Transco)
tripped Tuesday noon after one of them got struck by
lightning.
Transco,
in a statement late Tuesday noon, said there was full
restoration of power in affected areas following the
multiple tripping of its 230-kilovolt lines in Luzon at
3:25 p.m. with the restoration of the San Jose-Balintawak
line.
This was
after the Hermosa-Mexico and Cabanatuan-Mexico lines
were restored, along with the affected Meralco franchise
area including parts of Makati, Manila, Quezon City,
Malabon and Bulacan.
Transco
said that linemen who patrolled the area had reported
that the tripping was caused by a lightning strike at
the San Jose-Balintawak line, which also affected four
of National Power Corp. generation plants—the Ilijan
Natural Gas Plant and Calaca Coal-fired Thermal Plant,
both in Batangas; the Malaya Thermal Plant in Rizal, and
the Limay Combined Cycle Power Plant in Bataan.
Malaya,
Calaca and Limay are now back online while the Ilijan
plant is expected to be on full capacity by Tuesday
night.
Manila
Electric Co. said that Meralco Sector 1 (serving the
northern portion of Metro Manila and some areas in
Bulacan) experienced power outage at 1:14 p.m. on
Tuesday when a number of 230-kV lines of Transco tripped
out. As of press time, the cause of the 230-kV line
trippings is still being determined.
Affected
parts in Metro Manila included Valenzuela, Malabon,
Navotas, Balintawak, San Francisco del Monte, Kamuning,
Caloocan, Novaliches, Diliman, Fairview, La Loma, North
Port, Tondo, Binondo, Paco, Sampaloc, Sta. Ana,
San Juan, Ermita and Malate.
Affected
Bulacan parts were Meycauayan, Marilao, Bocaue, Balagtas,
Sta. Maria, Angat, San Jose and Sapang Palay.
“The
Meralco System Control, in close coordination with
Transco, is cautiously restoring power to the affected
areas. Meralco crews were also immediately dispatched to
major substations such as Balintawak, Duhat, Dolores and
Novaliches,” said Meralco vice president and corporate
communications chief Elpi Cuna. |
