The Molanida Family of Bgy. 101 in Vitas Tondo had their dinner in the dark during a massive black out in the Metro, after Typhoon Glenda鈥檚 powerful winds on Wednesday, July 16. INQUIRER/ MARIANNE BERMUDEZ
MANILA, Philippines鈥揟he Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) on Thursday said it would implement a three-hour rotating brownout in Metro Manila amid transmission problems caused by Typhoon 鈥淕lenda鈥� (international name:听Rammasun).
鈥淎 3-hour emergency Manual Load Dropping/rotating brownout was implemented due to the inability of plants in the south area to generate because of transmission outages,鈥澨齅eralco听said in a statement.
Parts of Manila, Makati, Quezon City, Pasay and听Bulacan听will be affected.
The statement came after an earlier announcement that it has restored energy in majority of its franchise areas after strong winds toppled power lines in Luzon.
鈥淎s of 7 a.m., 64% of听Meralco听franchise area has power,鈥� the company said over Twitter.
On Wednesday, 86 percent or around 4.6 million of听Meralco鈥檚听customers, mostly in Metro Manila, Cavite, Quezon and parts of Rizal and听Batangas听were affected by power outages.
The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) earlier said that its transmission lines in Southern Luzon remained down.
Meralco听has begun clearing operations and repair of its distribution facilities, including poles, transformers, wires and听subtransmission听lines.
It asked the public to remain patient, especially since there is still no estimated time of restoration.
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