http://www.gmanews.tv/story/203753/3...serviced-areas

[SIZE="4"]3-hour rotating brownouts loom in Meralco-serviced areas[/SIZE]
10/19/2010 | 09:23 AM


No thanks to problems with two major power plants in Luzon, three-hour rotating brownouts loom over serviced areas of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) Tuesday.

Meralco spokesperson Dina Lomotan said the brownouts are due to the shutdown of Sual 1 in Pangasinan and problems with the power plant in Masinloc in Zambales.

"Ito ang nakita nating deficiency kaya maghanda for more or less three hours rotational brownout (There will be a deficiency of power so subscribers will have to prepare for three hours' rotational brownouts)," Lomotan said in an interview on dzBB radio.

She noted Sual 1 alone generates some 647 megawatts.

Lomotan said residential and commercial customers may experience rotating brownouts between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Industrial customers may experience brownouts between 7 and 10 p.m., she added.

Meralco's serviced areas include Metro Manila, Rizal, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, Quezon, Batangas, and Pampanga. — RSJ, GMANews.TV