It was a horrendously inconvenient day today, for one, as seems to be a regular occurrence, the local electric cooperative again announced a six-hour power interruption (6am to 6pm). Ironically, Leyte stands in the most geothermally blessed parts of the Philippines, the Tongonan Geothermal Plant near Ormoc City is the largest of its kind in the Philippines, indeed, electricity should be cheap in this part of the country. Alas, third world government corruption, a chronic malaise of the Philippines, has kept electricity rates per kilowatt hour in Leyte actually one of the most expensive in the Philippines, not to mention Asia!
The glaring mismanagement of the power system extends beyond the astronomically high power charges in Leyte, particularly in Tacloban City, and this is evident in the unreliable power supply. Almost every month, LEYECO II, the local electric provider for Tacloban City and its surrounding municipalities, announces a six-hour blackout, usually on a Saturday (like yesterday) or a Sunday, and almost always scheduled between six in the morning to six in the evening.
I cannot understand why the same has been happening for the past three years actually. The main reason for interruption of power, which as I said before, happens almost every month, is for maintenance purposes - the only question however is, with the high rates of electricity charges here, why can't LEYECO design a procedure that will make such maintenance work seamless and efficient, in other words, a system of maintaining the reliability of the electrical grid in Tacloban without pulling the plug on the power supply. t
With advances in technology, it is high time that LEYECO do some serious overhaul of the way they manage, run and maintain Tacloban City's electrical system.
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