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Cebeco 3 fails to complete power restoration on Valentine's Day, moves target to February 18

THE Cebu III Electric Cooperative Inc. (Cebeco 3) has moved its deadline to fully restore power in its franchise area to Friday, February 18, 2022.


This after the power distributor failed to meet its target of completing its power restoration on Monday, February 14.


As of 3 p.m. Tuesday, February 15, Cebeco had restored electricity to 98.31 percent or 103,673 of 105,452 households.


Cebeco 3 still has to reenergize 1,779 households—956 in Toledo City; 446, Pinamungajan; 183, Aloguinsan; 98, Balamban; 78, Asturias; and 18 households in 11 barangays in Cebu City.


Cebeco 3's franchise comprises Toledo City (38 barangays) and municipalities of Pinamungajan (26), Aloguinsan (15), Balamban (28) and Asturias (27). It also serves outside its franchise area 11 mountain barangays in Cebu City that are near Balamban.


The power restoration efforts in Cebeco 3's franchise area in western Cebu and in some mountain barangays in Cebu City have been ongoing for two months already since the aftermath of Typhoon Odette (Rai), which either damaged or destroyed several infrastructures that included electrical posts and power lines when it struck Cebu on Thursday night, December 16, 2021.


In its daily report, the electric cooperative said the remaining households waiting for power restoration are situated "very far" and "hard to access" as these are situated in mountain villages. (KAL)

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First published by SunStar Cebu: https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1921122/cebu/local-news/cebeco-3-fails-to-complete-power-restoration-on-valentines-day-moves-target-to-february-18


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