LETTERS FROM,THE AGNO
March L. Fianza
This should serve as warning to
power consumers who are non-electricians but tinker with electrical
connections.
Family members of Mrs. Lolita
Bugatan, 63, a resident of Bulalacao, Mankayan; waited and became more worried
the following day when she failed to be home on the night of March 12, 2013. It
had been raining for two consecutive nights.
Meanwhile, Engr. Art Bacoco at
the Benguet Electric Cooperative office in Abatan was informed about the body
of an old woman that was found dead in the garden. Upon receiving the
information, he immediately dispatched a team to investigate the unfortunate
incident, together with Barangay Chair Pablito Espada and some residents.
Espada said the victim was
apparently electrocuted as they found her fallen on the ground at around 3pm
with her right hand still clutching the 150-meter long No. 6/7 Duplex wire that
was tapped to a house nearby.
In his report to Bacoco, Beneco
Technical Services Supervisor Roy P. Olatic said the old woman tapped the wire
to the nearby house to supply power to a water pump for watering the vegetable
garden.
However, the flying connection
that was connected to the circuit breaker of the house with an electrical
connection account in the name of a certain Baldo Pacsi was not tapped
correctly.
Olatic reported that the bare
wire of the Duplex wire was connected to the live wire from the house, while
the coated wire was connected to the neutral wire.
“The connection was wrong as it
was reversed,” Bacoco told Beneco Gen. Mngr. Gerardo Versoza and the BOD who
were in a meeting presided by Quirino Hill Punong Barangay Peter Busaing.
Director Busaing took over as
president from lawyer Jerry Marave who is now campaigning for a seat in the
provincial board of Benguet’s First District.
In the same report, Olatic
recommended that IECs regarding “flying” and illegal connections should be
strengthened to avoid future accidents and untimely deaths.
He further said that Beneco must
require its field men and meter readers to make reports about consumer-members
who provide electrical services to neighboring structures illegally.
Dir. Gaspar Leung who represents
the towns of Mankayan and Buguias in the Beneco board said financial assistance
for Mrs. Bugatan’s family is under process. –marchfianza777@yahoo.com
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