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232 typhoon-hit S. Leyte villages still without power

By Sarwell Meniano

March 15, 2022, 12:59 pm

<p><strong>POWER RESTORATION</strong>. Linemen working to bring back power supply in typhoon-hit Southern Leyte province in this Feb. 25, 2022 photo. Electricity has been restored in only 268 out of 500 villages in Southern Leyte after three months of the power outage caused by Typhoon Odette. <em>(Photo courtesy of Southern Leyte Electric Cooperative)</em></p>

POWER RESTORATION. Linemen working to bring back power supply in typhoon-hit Southern Leyte province in this Feb. 25, 2022 photo. Electricity has been restored in only 268 out of 500 villages in Southern Leyte after three months of the power outage caused by Typhoon Odette. (Photo courtesy of Southern Leyte Electric Cooperative)

TACLOBAN CITY – Electricity has been restored in only 268 out of 500 villages in Southern Leyte after three months of a power outage caused by Typhoon Odette.

The Southern Leyte Electric Cooperative (Soleco) reported on Tuesday that as of March 14, only 66,116 houses and establishments have been energized out of the 105,787 affected power consumers.

“As of this posting, 53.28 percent of villages are already partially energized within the coverage area of Soleco. Per consumer status, 62.5 percent are already energized,” Soleco said in its report.

All 23 villages of Pintuyan town and all 15 villages of San Ricardo town are still unenergized, affecting nearly 5,000 households in these two typhoon-ravaged towns.

Power has been fully restored in the towns of San Juan and Silago with over 7,000 households.

Partially-energized communities are in Maasin City, Macrohon, Padre Burgos, Tomas Oppus, Bontoc, Sogod, Liloan, Saint Bernard, Hinunangan, Malitbog, Libagon, Anahawan, Hinundayan, and Limasawa towns.

Soleco is expected to fully restore its services to all towns by the end of March.

Task Force Kapatid, composed of personnel from electric cooperatives in Eastern Visayas, has deployed over 100 linemen to repair damaged distribution facilities.

They were augmented by teams from power cooperatives in Luzon. (PNA)

 

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