Affected Areas For Scheduled Power Interruption By BENECO From June 29 To July 3

Parts of Baguio City and parts of the nearby Benguet towns of Itogon, La Trinidad, and Kabayan will experience electrical power interruptions in the coming week. The scheduled interruptions will cut the power off from 9 in the morning until 5 in the afternoon. The schedule and affected areas are as follows:

Date	Time	Affected Areas
June 29 (Monday)	9 am to 5 pm	*Parts of Upper and Lower Gold Field, Poblacion, Itogon *Parts of Pucay Village, Imelda Marcos, Brothers of Charity
June 30 (Tuesday)	9 am to 5 pm	*Parts of Upper Gold Field, Poblacion, Itogon *Parts of Pias, Camp 7, Baguio City
July 1 (Wednesday)	9 am to 5 pm	*Whole of Ampucao, Parts of Camp 4 and Virac, Itogon; Fort Del Pilar, parts of Kias, Baguio City *Parts of Central Ambiong, La Trinidad
July 2 (Thursday)	9 am to 5 pm	*Parts of Bato, Bashoy, Kabayan *Parts of Payew, Alno, La Trinidad
July 3 (Friday)	9 am to 5 pm	*Parts of Sacuban, Eddet, Kabayan *Parts of SLU-SVP Housing, Old Site, Bakakeng Norte and Sur, Baguio City

Photo by Daniel Feliciano / The Cordilleran Sun.

Affected Areas For Scheduled Power Interruption By BENECO From June 22 To June 27

In the latest Notice of Power Interruption released by the Benguet Electric Cooperative, Inc. (BENECO), parts of Baguio City, La Trinidad, and Itogon are going to have scheduled brownouts on June 22, 23, 26 and 27.

The schedule of power interruption is as follows:

June 22 (Monday) - Parts of Bodiweng, Bineng, La Trinidad (replacement of rotten secondary poles)

June 23 (Tuesday) - Parts of Purok 4, Balsigan, Baguio City (relocation of secondary pole)
-Parts of Purok 2, Gibraltar, Baguio City (relocation of secondary pole)

June 26 (Friday) - Parts of Poblacion, Ampucao, Ucab, Gumatdang, Virac and Atok Trail in Itogon, Benguet (rerouting of primary lines along Benguet Corporation tailings dam)
- Parts of Kias and Fort Del Pilar in Baguio City (rerouting of primary lines along Benguet Corporation tailings dam)

June 27 (Saturday) - Parts of Bagueng, Tinongdan, Itogon (extension of 240V lines to correct long service drop connections)

9-Hour Brownout For Parts Of Baguio, La Trinidad, Sablan, Tublay, And Tuba On June 18

The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has served a notice of a scheduled shutdown of some of its transmission facilities. This is to accommodate the request of the Benguet Electric Cooperative (BENECO) to activate single metering in some of its substations.

Because of the shutdown of some of the transmission facilities, large parts of Baguio City and nearby Benguet towns are going to experience power interruption on June 18 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The affected areas are as follows:
1. The whole town of Sablan - Poblacion, Bayabas, Banangan, Banengbeng, Kamog, Bagong, Pappa, and Balluay
2. The whole town of La Trinidad (except Beckel).  The barangays of Pico, Balili, Poblacion, Tawang, Puguis, Betag, Ambiong, Lubas, Wangal, Bahong, Shilan, Alapang, Cruz, Alno, and Bineng will be affected by the power interruption.
3. Parts of Tuba - Taloy Sur, Tadiangan, San Pascual, Poblacion, Nangalisan, Taloy Norte
4. Parts of Caponga, Tublay
5. Parts of Baguio City - Pinsao Pilot Project, Victoria Village, Dontogan, Lower General Luna, Quezon Hill Proper, Dominican Mirador, Mrr - Queen Of Peace, Imelda R. Marcos, Central Guisad, Upper Quezon Hill, Middle Quezon Hill, Fairview, Lourdes Extension, Irisan, San Roque Village, Sto. Tomas School Area, Cresencia Village, Palma- Urbano, City Camp Central, City Camp Proper, Kayang Extension, Dizon Manzanillo Barangay, Bakakeng Central, Campo Filipino, Lower Rock Quarry, Camp Henry I. Allen, Upper Rock Quarry, Upper Q.M., Sto. Rosario Valley, Ferdinand, Sto. Tomas Proper, Bakakeng Norte/Sur, Pinget, Upper Market Subdivision, Pacdal, South Sanitary Camp, East Quirino Hill, West Quirino Hill, Magsaysay Private Road, Happy Homes - Lucban, and Lower Quirino Hill.

The following areas are also affected - Teodora Alonzo, Padre Burgos, Kayang Hilltop, Kabayanihan, Azcko, Andres Bonifacio, Middle Quirino Hill, Lower Magsaysay, Engineer'S Hill, Burnham - Legarda, Session Road - Governor Pack Road, Salud Mitra, Lower Q.M. Gen. Aguinaldo, Cabinet Hill / Teacher'S Camp, Alfonso Tabora, Camdas, Harrison - Claudio Carantes, Bagong Lipunan, New Lucban, Upper Magsaysay, Padre Zamora, Sto. Nino - Slaughter Compd, Lower Lourdes Subdivision, Bayan Park - Village, Malcolm Square, Holyghost Extension, Rizal Monument, West Modernsite, Brookspoint, Saint Joseph Village / Navy Base, M. Roxas, Asin, San Luis Village, Lourdes Subdivision Proper, Middle Rock Quarry, Pinsao Proper, Guisad Surong, Upper General Luna, Imelda Village, Kagitingan, Honeymoon - Holyghost, Trancoville, Holyghost Proper, East Bayan Park, Brookside, West Bayan Park - Leonila Hill, and South Central Aurora Hill.

The Cordilleran Sun file photo.

BENECO identified the following as the reasons for the power interruption:
-Line works along La Trinidad-Calot 69kV Line
-Retirement/ retrieval of existing metering points of Beneco T1 (50MVA) and Beneco T2 (20MVA) -Activation of single metering at North Sanitary Camp Substation
-Replacement of rotten primary pole along Rimando road
-Replacement of rotten pole and installation of intermediate pole near convention center
-Extension of 1-span primary line at Leonard wood road (The Camp)
-Replacement of damaged primary pole along Naguillan road

ALERT: Parts Of Itogon And Baguio City To Experience Power Interruption Tomorrow

Residents in Baguio City and in the town of Itogon are being reminded of the scheduled electrical power interruption tomorrow (June 11). In a public advisory, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) said that parts of Itogon and Baguio City will have no power from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. The affected areas in the municipality of Itogon are as follows - Poblacion, Tinongdan, Dalupirip, Dalicno, Ampucao, and Virac.

The affected areas in Baguio City are as follows - Kias, Pinesville Subdivision, Philippine Military Academy, Fort Del Pilar, Atok Trail, Loakan Proper, Liwanag, Apugan, Voice of America, and DENR Loakan.

Additionally, the following areas in Baguio City will have no power from 10 p.m. of June 11 until 6 a.m. of the next day (June 12) - New Lucban, Teodora Alonzo, ABCR,. Sto. Nino-Slaughter Compound, Kagitingan, Malcolm Square-Perfecto, Bagong Lipunan, Harrison-Claudio Carantes, parts of Session Road (right side going up), and Maharlika Livelihood Center.

The Cordilleran Sun file photo.