Linemen from the Manila Electric Company (MERALCO) install electric meters in Manila. AFP FILE PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines鈥揚ower distributor Manila Electric Co. said Tuesday afternoon that an estimated 125,012 of its customers in Metro Manila and nearby provinces experienced power outages as of 12 noon.
Meralco spokesman Joe Zaldarriaga said in a phone interview that the 125,102 customers make up about 2.38 percent of the power distributor鈥檚 customer network.
The outages, Zaldarriaga said, was because the power distributor 鈥渄e-energized鈥� electricity lines in heavily-flooded areas 鈥渢o prevent untoward incidents.鈥�
Affected areas were in Metro Manila and in the provinces of Cavite, Laguna, and Rizal.
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