SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Philippines – Some towns of Tarlac and Pampanga will experience power outages for six to eight hours today and tomorrow, respectively, due to maintenance and repair work in selected transmission lines, the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) announced yesterday.
NGCP corporate communications officer Lilibeth Gaydowen said today’s power interruption in Tarlac would affect the towns of Camiling, San Clemente, and Mayantoc from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
“This is to give way to repair and maintenance of selected transmission line hardware along Concepcion-Camiling 69kV line segment,†Gaydowen said, adding Pampanga would experience the same tomorrow.
Clients of Pampanga Electric Cooperative II (PELCO II) and San Fernando Light and Power Corp. (SFELAPCO) will experience power interruption from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Gaydowen said.
The affected areas include the towns of Guagua, Porac, Floridablanca, and parts of Lubao.
Gaydowen said the outage would pave the way for the replacement of selected wood poles along the Hermosa-Guagua and Guagua-Basa 69kV line segment.