MANILA, Philippines — Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) released a list of areas in Metro Manila and nearby provinces that would be affected by a rotational brownout Tuesday.
The rotational brownout is due to the company's manual load dropping or the "process of cutting off power in areas served at a specific time due to power supply shortage."
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The following areas will experience rotational brownout between 1 to 2 p.m.:
Cavite
- Bacoor-Molino VII
- Dasmariñas City-Salawag
Laguna
- San Pedro- Cuyab
- Landayan
- Nueva
- San Antonio
- San Pedro (Town Proper)
- San Vicente
- Sto. Niño
Las Piñas
- Almanza I
- Almanza II
- BF Homes
- Tindig Mangga
Makati City
- Poblacion
Mandaluyong City
- Addition Hills
- Bagong Silang
- Barangka Drive
- Barangka Ibaba
- Barangka Ilaya
- Barangka Itaas
- Buayang Bato
- Burol
- Daang Bakal
- Hagdang Bato Itaas
- Hagdang Bato Libis
- Harapin Ang Bukas
- Highway Hills
- Hulo
- Mabini-J. Rizal
- Malamig
- Mauway
- New Zaniga
- Old Zaniga
- Pag-Asa
- Plainview
- Pleasant Hills
- Poblacion
- San Jose
- Vergara
- Wack-Wack Greenhills East
Manila
- Sampaloc
- Sta. Ana
- Sta. Mesa
Muntinlupa City
- Alabang
- Bayanan
- Buli
- Cupang
- New Alabang Village
- Poblacion
- Putatan
- Sucat
- Tunasan
Parañaque
- Baclaran
- BF Homes
Pasig City
- Kapitolyo
- San Antonio
Quezon City
- Don Manuel
- Doña Aurora
- Doña Josefa
- Kalusugan
- Lourdes
- Mariana/Damayan Lagi
- Sta. Teresita
- Sto. Domingo (Matalahib)
- Tatalon
- Valencia
San Juan City
- Addition Hills
- Balong-Bato
- Batis
- Corazon De Jesus
- Ermitaño
- Greenhills
- Isabelita
- Kabayanan
- Little Baguio
- Maytunas
- Onse
- Pasadeña
- Pedro Cruz
- Salapan
- Sta. Lucia
- Tibagan
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines earlier raised the red and yellow alerts over the Luzon grid following a magnitude 6.1 earthquake that struck Luzon Monday afternoon.
Several power plants were affected by the earthquake — GN Power Unit 1 and 2 in Bataan and SCPC Units 1 to 4 in Batangas, the Department of Energy said in an advisory. — Patricia Lourdes Viray