Davao Light and Power Company announces 10-minute power interruptions, from 5:00 AM to 5:10 AM, on April 29 and 30, affecting the customers situated in the southern part of its franchise.
Ross Luga, Corporate Communications Officer, said that the service interruptions are necessary to facilitate the scheduled line maintenance of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) along its Davao-Digos 69kV Transmission Line.
To keep the power interruptions within the least possible time, loads from Digos Line will be transferred to Davao Line which will take place on April 29, Sunday. Normalization or return of loads back to its normal set-up will be on April 30, Monday, after NGCP’s maintenance works will be completed.
Affected by these power interruptions are the power consumers in the entire Dumoy and Toril areas. Particularly affected are those from URC near Brgy. Hall in Bago Aplaya going to Baracatan Toril including customers in Bago Aplaya, Dumoy Proper, Mergrande, Rosalina Village, Bago Gallera, Dacoville, Aquasur, Eden, Marapangi and Kilate.
Customers in Toril Proper, Toril Fishport, Lubogan, Bangkas, Alambre, Binugao and Baracatan will also be experiencing the said power outages.
Also affected are some of Davao City Water District’s pumping stations in the south.
Davao Light apologizes for the inconvenience of these scheduled power interruptions but it will exert all efforts to restore electric service as scheduled or earlier. However, there may be instances where restoration may extend beyond the schedule due to unavoidable circumstances.
The electric utility’s Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) allows Davao Light to remotely control switches in the substations and along the distribution lines making it efficient in implementing maintenance works or restoration of power supply at its barest minimum during service interruptions.
