Western Visayas is still reeling from the impact of long power blackouts which coincided with the searing heat since Thursday, April 27. ManilaBulletin
Power is back in majority of Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Guimaras, Iloilo, and Negros Occidental as well as Iloilo City, the regional capital of Western Visayas, on Sunday, April 30.
It was only during an online meeting arranged by Iloilo Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. with Department of Energy officials and other local executives last Saturday afternoon, April 29, that NGCP bared what happened. On Friday, the 69 kV transmission line in Santa Barbara, Iloilo tripped due “to high system frequency.”
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