ILOILO City – MORE Electric and Power Corporation (MORE Power) has fully restored power in Iloilo City affected by Typhoon “Tino” after resolving all the 397 tickets received through the 24/7 helpline, by November 7.
In a statement from Engr. Joe-Mil Zaporteza, chief operating officer of MORE Power, because of the preparation done days before, no problems were encountered from the six substations and 26 feeder lines. However, the distribution lines leading to the houses were affected by toppled trees and posts.
“We thank our frontline linemen, engineers, and customer service for delivering timely and efficient efforts in restoring power and communicating to our customers. Working with our people enabled us not only to withstand the effects of the typhoon but also to handle the normalization of our services expeditiously. We thank our customers for their understanding and cooperation in making this endeavor manageable,” said Zaporteza.
Each lineman and supervising engineer took things carefully to ensure they, too, are safe.
This has earned the praise of consumers.
“Salute to midnight heroes! Bisan tungang gab-e naga risgo mag-troubleshoot. May God protect all of you,” according to Raymund M. Cantara on the MORE Power Facebook page.
“Let’s be more considerate and understanding with our linemen as they are already risking their lives just to provide our needed electricity. But with the given situation, it’s beyond their control naman kaya let’s be patient and pray for their safety,” said Joanna Grace Beringuel.
Other consumers expressed their worry on the working linemen because even if the typhoon has not yet left Panay Island, they have immediately gone out to fix what’s broken and ensure that the restoration efforts begin immediately.
“Halong gid, sir, ok lang kmi mag brownout, importante safe kamu nga mga linemen. Kay grabe daan hangin, bisan ako ga worry man dire sa mga kuryente nga ginasag-idan ka mga kahoy,” commented Dy Line.
Faith Jayme added: “Stay safe gid. MADAMO GUID NGA SALAMAT SA INYO SERBISYO BISKAN GABAGYO kag layo kamo ya sa inyo pamilya kag panimalay.”
Without the prepositioning of MORE Power’s disaster preparedness plan, there is a huge possibility that the damage would be extensive. The state weather bureau had placed Iloilo City under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 4 with its eye directly passing it with sustained winds reaching 150 kilometers per hour.
Meanwhile, as the country prepares for Super Typhoon “Uwan”, MORE Power has once again prepositioned its disaster preparedness plan./PN
