A long brownout hit Dumaguete and the whole Visayas on the Saturday February 25 which lasted until lunchtime Sunday. While speculations went wild and even local radio-stations reported about a bomb, the extended Brownout of the Negros Oriental Region was caused by a leaking transformer at the sub-station in Pondol, Amlan, Negros Oriental.
The following report is from the Judy Flores Partlow (JFP) and was published on the website of the Philippines News Agency
DUMAGUETE CITY, April 27 (PNA) – The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), formerly the National Transmission Corporation or TransCo, has reverted to using an old transformer at the sub-station in Pondol, Amlan, Negros Oriental after a newly installed unit was found to have a leak.
Marcos Quiamco of NGCP said the leak was discovered on Saturday, at the time the entire Visayas region had a total power blackout due to a trip in the Malitbog-Tabangon sub-station in Leyte.
While most areas in the Visayas had power restored late Saturday, Dumaguete City and several parts of Negros Oriental serviced by the Pondol, Amlan sub-station suffered many more hours of power interruption until the next day.
Quiamco said that around 10:40 a.m. Saturday, the NGCP had energized its Pondol sub-station and by 12:15 p.m., a leakage in the transformer’s bushing was discovered.
Gradual shutdown of feeders of the two electric cooperatives in Negros Oriental – NORECO I and NORECO II – started at around 1:28 p.m. but the leak got worse and by 2:38 p.m., NGCP had to enforce a total shutdown, Quiamco said.
By Sunday, NGCP had to revert to using an old MVA transformer instead, and power was restored shortly before noontime.
Quiamco said they are now contacting Xian Electric, the contractor for the newly installed transformer, which leaked, for the repair of the leaking unit, which is still under warranty. (PNA)
LAP/JFP
As the region is running now on an older transformer there can be more Brownouts expected in Dumaguete and Negros Oriental for the next few month until the new transformer will be repaired.
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1 Pecos // May 13, 2009 at 2:47 am
Shall I hold my breath till Noreco makes refunds
to everyone who lost a freezer full of food?
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