By: April Therese Tan
Ten days after Typhoon Odette left Cebu in total darkness, the Visayan Electric as of 12 noon today, December 26, 2021 was able to energize 52,435 4,175 out of the 474,182 affected customers.
VECO also reported that 216 or 39.7 percent out of the 544 power line segments within their franchise area were restored.
“Restoration is taking longer in areas where Visayan Electric’s distribution facilities sustained heavy damage such as toppled poles, downed wires, and damaged transformers,” VECO said in their Facebook post.
VECO’s linemen together with the engineers and crews from various distribution utilities from all over the country, have been working 24 hours a day to clear lines and restore power at the soonest and safest time.
VECO is the country’s second largest power distributor.-(April Therese Tan)