CEPALCO Rotating Brownout Schedule April 5-10, 2010

Cause:  New DAILY Brownout Schedules [April 5 to 10] due to the continuing power supply curtailments imposed by the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines [NGCP] all over Mindanao

Actual Interruption Schedule:  04/05/2010

Time Start:  rotational 5 hours (8:00am-1:00pm; 1:00pm-6:00pm; 6:00pm-11:00pm

Interruption Details: 03 April 2010 NOTICE to All CEPALCO Customers Subject: DAILY Brownout Schedules for April 5 to 10, 2010 Please find below the load shedding schedule [5 Hours DAILY rotating brownouts] within the CEPALCO service area for the period April 5 to 10, 2010 due to the continuing power supply curtailments imposed by the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines [NGCP] all over Mindanao. Again, CEPALCO would like to caution customers that the actual switch off and switch on time may vary from the announced schedule depending on the actual load curtailment levels imposed by NGCP on CEPALCO on a day to day basis. Time of Brownout Dates: April 5 & 8 8:00am to 1:00pm – Group B 1:00pm to 6:00pm – Group C 6:00pm to 11:00pm – Group A Dates: April 6 & 9 8:00am to 1:00pm – Group C 1:00pm to 6:00pm – Group A 6:00pm to 11:00pm – Group B Dates: April 7 & 10 8:00am to 1:00pm – Group A 1:00pm to 6:00pm – Group B 6:00pm to 11:00pm – Group C GROUP A Areas [Charlie 1 & Charlie 4]: CHARLIE 1: 1. Greater portion of the City Poblacion along and bounded by Hayes St., Mortola St., JR Borja St. including S.Daumar St. up to corner JR. Borja St., Aguinaldo St. up to corner Justo Ramonal St., 2. Along Pabayo St.; including portions of C. Pacana St., JR Borja St., Gomez St., C.Taal St., T.Neri St., Abejuela St., Hayes St. and Gaerlan St. from Pabayo St.. 3. Hayes St. from corner A.Velez St. towards City Hall area & Burgos St., along T.Chavez St. from Burgos St. up to Tiano Bros. St. – including portions of Tiano Bros. St., Rizal St., Capistrano St. from Hayes St.; and; Dolores St.. 4. Along Burgos St. from T.Chavez St. up to corner Gomez St. including portions of Abejuela St., T.Neri St., Cruz Taal St. and Gomez St. from Burgos St.. 5. Surroundings along Mabini St. from corner A.Velez St. towards Capistrano St. up to corner Gomez St. including portions of Tiano Bros. St. from Mabini St.; Yacapin St. from Capistrano St. towards Burgos St.; and; C.Pacana St., JR Borja St. and Gomez St. from Capistrano St. 6. Along Pabayo and T. Saco Streets from Dolores towards Clementino Chaves St. up to 15th-26th St., Nazareth. 7. Greater portion of Macasandig, all of Tibasak, all the way to Taguanao. CHARLIE 4: 1. Portions of Camaman-an near and including towards Manto to the San Jose and St. Vianney Seminaries, greater portion of Camaman-an proper towards Bontong, Bolonsori up to Upper Camaman-an and Hayes Subdivision including Tipolohon. 2. Part of Limketkai Center, Lapasan including Mc Donalds, PNB and Allied Bank. 3. Along Recto Ave. from corner Agora Road towards Maharlika Bridge including Coca-Cola Plant & Osmeña Ext.. up to Gaabucayan St. 4. Portion of A.Luna St. towards all of Mabulay Subdivision including portion of the Provincial Capitol and Provincial Hospital Area. 5. Medical Center area along and bounded by Capistrano St., Echem St. up to corner Akut St., A.Velez St., and Recto Ave.(UCCP side), including all of Consolacion. 6. Corrales Ext. from Gaabucayan St. towards most of PPA area. 7. J.Pacana St. from Recto Avenue towards all of Macabalan area. 8. All of RER Subdivision Phases I & 2 including Dolores compound; towards Fortune Express Shop along Maharlika Highway; including all of NHA-KSS Subdivision and portion of Bayabas near Manila Broadcasting Radio Station to Capisnon area. 9. Greater part of Bulua from Bulua Rotonda towards all of Iponan. 10. Greater part of Patag including Calamansi Drive, Apovel subdivision, Terry Hills subdivision and Anhawon, Bulua area. GROUP B Areas [Carmen 3, Tango 1 & Pueblo 2]: CARMEN 3: 1. Portions of Carmen: along vicinities of Villarin St. towards portion of Canitoan-Pagatpat Road; including St. Mary’s Academy (formerly Cathedral School of Technology), Golden Village, City Hospital-DOH Area, COWD reservoir and Seriña St. from Villarin St. down to Madonna and Child Hospital. 2. M.Suniel St. from Villarin St. down towards portion of Mabolo St.; including Matilde Neri St., Dabatian St. and Cagayan de Oro College area; and; portion of Lirio St. area. 3. Portions of Upper Carmen towards Dagong including SM CITY; PRYCE HOTEL; SPUM & SEARSOLIN. TANGO 1: 1. Portions of Natumulan down to Casinglot, Tagoloan. 2. All the Barangays of Bugo, Puerto, Tin-ao, Agusan, Tablon, Baloy, Cugman, Gusa, and greater portion of Lapasan. 3. Portions of Lapasan-Camaman-an road from Recto Ave. towards Limketkai Commercial Center including Grand Caprice Restaurant. 4. All of Osmeña St. and portion of Cogon Market Area (JR Borja side and Yacapin side) including Roxas St. towards portion of JR Borja St. 5. Upper Gusa, Indahag, Malasag, FS Catanico and Balubal. 6. Agora Market area including Gaabucayan St. 7. Corrales Ext. from corner Recto Ave. up to Gaabucayan St. 8. DMPI plantation, MENZI Agri, etc. PUEBLO 2 : 1. Portions of Upper Carmen, Upper Balulang and all of Brgy. Lumbia including; PNR Sawmill, Shop and transmitter; Pueblo de Oro, Camella Homes, Xavier Estates, Xavier Heights, Xavier High School, La Buena Vida, Frontiera and Montana subdivisions; CAA-BAT Lumbia Airport & Rio Verde. GROUP C Areas [Charlie 2, Carmen 1, Carmen 2, Tango 2]: CHARLIE 2: 1. Along Hayes St. from Camaman-an towards V.Roa St. up to corner J.Ramonal Ext., including Pinikitan, Adela, Balangiao area, Quirino St. and Yacapin Ext.; portions of Macasandig, XU Grade School areas. 2. Along J.Ramonal Ext. from Sto. Niño, Cogon towards V.Roa St., R.Chavez St. up to Corrales Ave. corner A.Luna St.; D. Velez St & Yacapin St., JR Borja Sts between V. Roa St. and Mortola St.(PNB/Everbest) towards Daumar Sts. To Yacapin Ext. up to Doña Nieves St. 3. Along Corrales Ave. towards FICCO, Nazareth, including Yacapin Street Towards Capistrano St., 4. Greater portion of Nazareth; greater portion of Ramonal Village. From Hayes-12th Sts up to T.Saco-14th Sts. ,T.Saco-6th Sts.,14th-21st Sts., and 15th-21st Sts. CARMEN 1: 1. Greater portion of Carmen along Lirio St., from Trinity St., towards Oak St., Max Suniel St., Vamenta Blvd, up to cor. Jasmin St. including Waterlily St. and the Carmen market area. 2. Along Mabolo St. from Lirio St. towards corner Rosal St. including portion of Marigold St. . 3. Portions of Carmen: vicinities along Vamenta Blvd. from Fernandez St. towards greater part of Ilaya including Zayas St. up to Callos-Elloso St.: portions of Ipil St. and Mahogany St. from Fernandez St.; Madonna & Child Hospital; and; Seriña St. from COA towards Gumamela Ext.St., Guani Coliseum (former O.Roa’s) and Maharlika Police Station. 4. All of Macanhan, Carmen towards all of Lower Balulang. CARMEN 2: 1. Portions of T.Chavez St. from Corrales Ave. up to Tiano Bros. St. including portions of A.Velez St from Hayes St.. 2. Portions of Carmen along Yacal St. towards Lirio St., Vamenta Blvd., Waling-waling St. upto GSIS area including Ferrabrel St., Mango St. and portion of Rosal St. and Marigold St. 3. All of Kauswagan proper including Fairlane Village and portion of Capisnon, Bonbon and Bayabas. 4. Isla de Oro. 5. Along Montalban St. from near Tiano Bros. St. towards Burgos St., del Pilar St. and Magsaysay St. including portions of Macahambus St. and Abellanosa St. from Burgos St.. 6. Portions of A.Luna St. from corner Corrales Ave.; towards vicinities along A.Velez St. upto corner Mabini St. including portion of Macahambus St. from A.Velez St. and Tiano Bros. St. from Macahambus St.. TANGO 2: 1. Portions of Natumulan, greater Tagoloan proper, all the Barangays of Baluarte, Pulot, Sugbongcogon, and Gracia, Tagoloan 2. All the Barangays of Sta. Cruz, Mohon, Sta. Ana, and Sto. Rosario, Tagoloan including Kimaya, Villanueva. 3. All of Villanueva and Jasaan, Misamis Oriental. We hope all CEPALCO customers & the public in general will be guided by this announcement. Thank you. Released by: Marilyn A. Chavez Senior Manager Customer & Community Relations Dept.

Get the Electric Chair (plus generator) ready! Mindanao is getting angry!

I’m seeing Erap in a new light. He does try to be closer to Mindanao. I mean he has spent some majority of his campaigns of cleaning up Mindanao if not for his er, half-thought means of declaring all-out war to insurgents. Now Erap is championing Mindanao again! Taken from Business Mirror, the following statements might shock you a bit. Sit down and read! Mindanaoans READ!!!!!

4-6 and soon to be 8… hours of BROWNOUT in Cagayan de Oro!

I really have doubts to whether the power companies are REALLY true with their reports of low power supply. We’ve had a LOT of seasons where temperatures reached up to 35 degrees celsius almost to 40 degrees and yet power loss was minimal.

What happened to our coal and oil power plants? I really don’t want to be pessimistic and think that all these brownouts are just to give PGMA emergency powers OR the sudden brownouts during ballot box counting. I don’t even want to think that the brownouts are there to cripple the electronic voting system which ensures lesser cheating from politicians. [I'll try to predict, with increasing brownouts crooked politicians will call for scrapping the electronic voting system]

An article published by inquirer may provide clue to the dastardly acts of TRAPOS.

NGCP president Walter W. Brown said the supply shortfall on Saturday resulted in outages of about one hour in Davao City, two hours in Iligan City, four to five hours in Cagayan de Oro and General Santos cities, and seven hours in Zamboanga City.

Parts of Davao Oriental had no power for 24 hours during the weekend.

Reyes said the generating capacity of the Agus and Pulangui hydropower plants had been reduced by 80 percent and 90 percent, respectively, due to very little water inflow into the reservoir.

The 35-MW Iligan diesel power plant remained unavailable, he added.

Oh really? At a time like this and a diesel power plant conks out? Oh c’mon!

Some “one” is now proposing 8 hour rotating brownouts as written by Mr. Cole of Sunstar. How many establishments will have to shut down for a WHOLE 8 hours just because of the brownout? How many establishments will use gas powered generators? They aren’t as efficient as big coal plants and spew x2 the amount of carbon dioxide.  All these will increase the expenses and in turn raise the prices of basic commodities.

This could be probably a twisted plot of TRAPOS. We’re the ones suffering directly and indirectly.

Rant to power companies | fix your bulbs!

Dear <insert power company>,

You may think you’re “saving” us electricity with all these rotating blackouts but you are just WORSENING the condition! Here are a several instances of the havoc unscheduled blackouts and brownouts and even the ironic “unannounced” scheduled brownouts are causing:

• Damage to electric devices in residential and commercial areas.From a small stereo to giant refrigerators, sudden brownouts decrease their useful life!
• Spoiling of perishables in shops and stores. Either they thaw out or use generators still adds up to the expenses
• Loss of customers in establishments such as restaurants, schools, internet cafes etc
• Decreased comfort of paying customers
• Loss of communication – internet, mobile, telephone, television and radio

Not only that, even hospitals are affected especially in the ICU where I saw a patient nearly die when the hospital switched to generator power for a couple of minutes! In a barangay health center a community nurse texted me as a mother watched helpless because they couldn’t turn on a nebulizer for her child who was having a respiratory distress! Those unscheduled and unannounced blackouts and brownouts may have killed someone or several someones!

There may be lowered water levels in dams but almost half of the electricity comes from the oil and coal power plants! Stop complaining of and do your job and justify the exorbitant bills that we are paying you for!

Clean up your act!

Sincerely,

Iman Ho RN