By Myrna
Velasco
Restoration of electricity supply in Northern
Luzon areas that were knocked down by typhoon Ompong last week has already been
scaling up – reaching 1.2 million of households already energized as of
Tuesday, according to the Department of Energy.
The DOE said full
restoration in areas of worst-hit electric cooperatives, primarily in Cagayan,
may still be stretched until Oct. 16 to Nov. 30 this year – considerably a long
duration for consumers in these areas to still be suffering from.
It noted that 54-percent
of the extremely battered areas that suffered blackouts already gained back
power service as of Tuesday (September 18), based on the consolidated report
issued by the DOE to the media.
“Of the 2,253,230 affected households, a total
of 1,216,727 have been energized,” the National Electrification Administration
(NEA) has noted; while indicating that 1,036,502 “are still undergoing power
restoration.”
From the 54-percent
electricity service level already brought back, Energy Secretary Alfonso G.
Cusi asserted that they are still “continuously mobilizing our people,” and had
been cornering all forms of assistance from all concerned energy players as
well as government agencies to fast-track required repairs at damaged power
facilities.
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