NGCP blames 'uncooperative' landowners for widespread blackout in parts of Mindanao – Manila Bulletin
(Photo courtesy of NGCP / MANILA BULLETIN) In a statement, the NGCP said at 1:11 pm on Tuesday, January 19, the NGCP was able to re-energize the Agus 5-Aurora 138KV line after it tripped at 8:30 am Tuesday, causing a total blackout in the Northwestern Mindanao area. The blackout affected customers of at least six electric cooperatives in Misamis Occidental, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga City and Lanado del Norte. The NGCP had to trim what it described as “maliciously planted vegetation which caused the fault at Sitio Taytay, Ditucalan, Iligan City”. “The vegetation overgrowth was caused ...
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