VECO issues brownout advisory

The Visayan Electric Company Inc. has scheduled some brownouts in three barangays in Cebu City on January 23 and 24 to facilitate some repairs and adjustments.

On January 23, from 8 a.m. to noon, a portion of Banawa, Guadalupe, including entire White Hills and Gardenville Subdivisions, portion of C. Salvador St. will have a power interruption so VECO can relocate a pole blocking a driveway.

Another five-hour brownout will occur on the same day from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. in a portion of Banawa, including Greenville Subdivision, Villa Salud I, Jesuit Retreat House and Good Shepherd to facilitate the relocation of a pole from a private lot.

Another power interruption will occur on the same day from 8 a.m. to noon in T. Padilla, including a portion of New Imus Road, this time to allow VECO to relocate a primary line to a newly erected pole away from the skywalk.

On January 24, Thursday, a portion of Beverly Hills along Canyon Road including Elisa Valley Subdivision, Taoist Temple, Short Road, First St., Grapevine West and East Sts. in barangay Lahug will be hit by a ten-hour power interruption from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. for VECO to replace rotten poles with concrete ones and transfer some lines.

VECO assured the interruptions are necessary to better serve their customers in the affected areas.   — Mitchelle L. Palaubsanon/BRP