A Long Blackout at south

[gearspeed]

Metro Manila may be in for long blackout

By NIEL V. MUGAS, The Manila Times Reporter

Half of Metro Manila faces possible blackouts while power in key facilities might be cut off for at least a year if the Supreme Court orders the National Power Corp. to shut down a transmission line and relocate it.

Alan T. Ortiz, president of the National Transmission Corp. (TRANSCO), said the issue is of national concern and will affect millions of households and private establishments.

At issue is the 230-kilovolt Sucat-Araneta transmission line, which delivers electricity to southern Metro Manila from power plants in Luzon.

On October 26 the transmission line tripped, plunging the entire southern metropolis into darkness.

Residents of Dasmariñas Village in Makati City have also petitioned the Supreme Court to have the line relocated, citing possible health risks from radiation.

The case involved NAPOCOR, but since its transmission functions had been transferred to TRANSCO, the transmission firm will bear the brunt of the problem.

The shutdown and relocation will have to be carried out once the Court issues a final and executory ruling.

Ortiz said once that happens, southern Metro Manila, particularly the cities of Parañaque, Makati, Pasay and Muntinlupa, will have no electricity. That means the Metro Rail Transit will be out of service, the local and international airports will be paralyzed and call centers will cease operations.

"To cut is not an option since all communities linked to the line would have no electricity, affecting the MRT and the Manila International Airport, and it would take 12 to 18 months to complete the portion of the project that they want to be diverted," Ortiz said.

No contingency plan

Ortiz said shutting down the Sucat-Araneta line is "definitely not an option, stressing its importance in delivering electricity to millions of households and commercial establishments.

He said the San Jose-Dolores-Kalayaan transmission line is the only other link that can deliver electricity to the affected areas, but it won’t be able to handle the big power demand for long periods.

"We have no solutions to offer," he said.

Legal remedies

The problem becomes more complicated because on its own, TRANSCO cannot file a motion for reconsideration with the Supreme Court since it is NAPOCOR that was involved in the case.

NAPOCOR failed to tell the Court during the hearings that it has already transferred its transmission functions to TRANSCO.

Ortiz said TRANSCO must seek the help of the Office of the Solicitor General as soon as possible time to avoid the power outage.

"Obviously we will appeal the decision. It’s obvious—there is a legal dimension, that when the Supreme Court denies our appeal and says we have to hold the line, we would appeal again and again—saying that this is not an easy decision to make," he said.

Ortiz is optimistic that the Court will hear the appeal and overturn its ruling in favor of NAPOCOR and TRANSCO.

"We hope more enlightened parties would give us more breathing space to maintain the line," he said.

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[uls]

OA sobra ung mga taga dasma

[falken]

If natuloy ito, it would inconvenience a lot of people just to please a few. Tsk tsk.

[uls]

ya... radiation daw... OA nila

baket... di ba sila nagpapa-X-ray? CT scan? di ba sila gumagamit ng microwave sa bahay nila? TV? computer monitor? cellphone?

Hindi ba may radiation din mga yan? Lalo na ung Xray...

E ung UV radiation? di ba sila naarawan sa beach? sa outdoor activities nila?

Health conscious sila? baket panay ng yosi? yung iba addictus... late nights partying, getting drunk and wild ***... hindi ba nila naisip na ma-shorten ang life expentancy nila sa lifestyle nila?

U have more chances of getting killed in a car accident than by radiation from power lines.

[FrankDrebin]

If natuloy ito, it would inconvenience a lot of people just to please a few. Tsk tsk.

Well, kaya nga daw yung MRT Edsa line Buendia to Ayala is underground is to protect Forbes
Residents from the peering eyes of the MRT riders.

[oldblue]

how long is the long blackout? months kaya?

[mazdamazda]

well... sila rin naman ang affected kapag nagka ganun.

[gearspeed]

Kung mangyari ito ito na ang longest blackout na mangyayari sa aking pagkakaalam..

[jim]

ano kaya't sabihin natin sa mga taga DASMA na wag nilang itapon ang basura nila sa labas ng village nila kasi tayong mga nasa labas ang napo-pollute hehehehe.....

maraming magrereklamo kung itutuloy ang pag down ng linya. parang gusto yata nila na bugbugin sila ng mga tao hehehehehe.

[nicolodeon]

hay naku....kawawa na naman si lower middle-class Juan Dela Cruz neto kapag nagkataaon. ang pagkakaalam ko eh shielded ang mga transmission lines kaya wala halos radiation emission. tsk, tsk - this could escalate to one of those rich vs. poor incidents.

mga elitista talaga oo...

pero kung may point din naman - kung may documented at scientifically proven na health risks talaga, may karapatan din naman mag-reklamo yung mga tao dun.

kaya tuloy hindi maiwasan ng mga mahihirap na Pinoy na isipin ng ang justice system ng Pilipinas eh para sa mga mayayaman at maimpluwensya lamang.

reversal ito nung matra ni spock na "the good of the many should outweigh the good of the few. ang nangyari dito eh "the good of the elite few outweighed the good of the greater many".

Well, kaya nga daw yung MRT Edsa line Buendia to Ayala is underground is to protect Forbes residents from the peering eyes of the MRT riders.

totoo 'to. in fact, pinetisyon pa ng mga Forbes Park owners na huwag padaanin ang MRT 'dun sa part ng EDSA na tapat ng village nila. among their numerous selfish (as some said then) issues is that baka daw gawing recon ang MRT ng mga nakasakay dito para mag-plano ng masama sa village nila. para tuloy inakusahan nila dati na ang mga sasakay sa MRT eh may mga masasamng intensyon. Hindi lang naman Forbes ang nag-reklamo, pati mga taga Wack-wack at Corinthian din ata.