Brownout na naman! (SOCOTECO II Notice of Power Interruption I)
Got an email courtesy of SOCOTECO II (South Cotabato Electric Cooperative II) containing their Notice of Power Interruption for the March 14 and 15 weekend.
Knowing of how hot it is these days, you better be warned of this so that you can properly plan your electricity-less weekend. If your habitat is on this list…. go to the beach, climb up Lake Sebu, make babad in the swimming resorts in the city, go watch a movie, go malling, etc. Do anything but stay at home.
I still remember the time when our electric power cooperative used to be called KORELCO (Koronadal Electric Cooperative). Those days, power outtages were more frequent than the hours when there was electric power. Back then, we had to use gas lamps (or gasera) to light up our house and to be able to study and do our homework until late into the night.
The following day, our nostrils will all be blackened from the soot coming from the gasera’s smoke. At school, you would then know which of your classmates had brownouts the previous nights by looking at their faces. 
Now, we have fewer night time brownouts, thank God, except in extreme cases when Transco (formerly NAPOCOR) poles get toppled, either by nature’s forces or by the currently disgruntled outlaws of this Promised Land.
Here is the scheduled Brownout from SOCOTECO II:
March 14, 2009, 8am – 5pm (9 hours): Reason – Installation of recloser and Load Transfer
All areas connected to Calumpang Substation (All nearby areas of Pioneer Avenue, Dona Soledad, Calumpang, Labangal & Fatima
- Feeder 1-1
PI 16, LAUREL NORTH, BO. OBRERO, SPRINGVILLE, NDDC, PRK. PALEN, JOHNNY ANG PARADISE, VILLA, CONSUELO, MARIN VILL. PRK. SAN VICENTE, CR. MAKAR, BO. B’LAAN, BAGANGGA, SOGOD, YU, VILLAGE
Feeder 1-2
FILDEN, PRK. OLAER, MORALES, TOLEDO, SOLEDAD ESTATE, PROVIDO,ORINGO SUBD , DAGOHOY PARADISE.
Feeder 12-4
RBS BANK, PG ANG ENT., SKY CABLE, ST. ELIZABETH HOSPITAL, CAMIAS, RAMBUTAN, KADULASAN, CAMACHILI, LAUREL EAST, QUIRINO, CHAMPACA, ZAPOTE, KASOY, SENEGUELAS, LAPU-LAPU, WALING-WALING, ILANG-ILANG, SOUTH OSMEÑA, NARANJITA, MARANG, DELA PAZ, MANSANITAS, ROSAS, GUMAMELA, BEATILES, SALAZAR, MAGSAYSAY AVE. SOUTH, NIYOG, SAGING, CAGAMPANG, VETERANS ,CASQUEJO
Feeder 14-1
NATL. HIGHWAY (TROME MARKETING – DXCP RADIO STATION), j. cATOLICO SR. AVE.(dXCP – PETRON/COOKIE FACTORY), Leon Llido St., Loveland Subd., Munda Subd., General santos doctors hospital, QUEENIES SUBD., CAMIAZ EXT., bROKENSHIRE COLLEGE, sANTOS SUBD., ROYECA SUBD. ST. PAUL OF THE CROSS NOVITIATE, DXCP, GENSAN DISTRICT HOSPITAL(1 PHASE)
March 15, 2009, 8AM-3PM (7 HRs) Reason: Erection of pole at Santiago Boulevard
- Southern Union Hardware & GSIS Office
- *Note: Nearby areas will experience 15-min outage on the start & towards end of line activity.
MARCH 14-15, ‘09, 11PM-7AM (8 HRs) Reason: Oil Filtering
- All areas connected to Polomolok Cannery Substation
Yehey!!! Our neighborhood is not in the list! Thank you, SOCOTECO II.
By the way, why do we Pinoys call these power outtages as BROWNOUTs? Why not BLACKOUTs?
For inquiries & details, please call SOCOTECOII hotline nos. 553-5848 to 50 or text @ 09177205365.
Tagged Electric Cooperative, SOCOTECO II, South Cotabato Electric Cooperative II, Transco
dimple03/13/2009 at 2:48 PM
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh.. ayoko ng brown out!
allan03/13/2009 at 2:58 PM
By the way, why do we Pinoys call these power outtages as BROWNOUTs? Why not BLACKOUTs?
term used onli in the pilipins sir! hehehehe
it is the same as… paki-xerox naman ng mg papers…
Toinks03/13/2009 at 3:28 PM
“Blackout” po ang term sa power outage kapag buong ciudad or lalawigan ang naapektuhan. “Brownout” naman po ang tawag sa power outage kapag bahagya lamang ng kabuuang lugar ang naapektuhan.
gensanite03/13/2009 at 3:40 PM
this is funny:
(quote) “At school, you would then know which of your classmates had brownouts the previous nights by looking at their faces.”
hehehe… good thing we didn’t go throught his experience…
blackmeat03/13/2009 at 3:42 PM
# A brownout is a drop in voltage in an electrical power supply, so named because it typically causes lights to dim. Systems supplied with three-phase electric power also suffer brownouts if one or more phases are absent, at reduced voltage, or incorrectly phased. Such malfunctions are particularly damaging to electric motors.
# A blackout refers to the total loss of power to an area and is the most severe form of power outage that can occur. Blackouts which result from or result in power stations tripping are particularly difficult to recover from quickly. Outages may last from a few hours to a few weeks depending on the nature of the blackout and the configuration of the electrical network.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_outage
anynomouse :)03/13/2009 at 4:11 PM
Ei pips, di kaya brown-out tawag dun kasi brown ang pinoy? ajejeje
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blackmeat03/13/2009 at 4:17 PM
Eventhough, we know the definition of blackout and brownout, we Filipinos love to call it brownout because Filipinos are “brown” not “black”. Ahehehe!
Pagnaa ta tudluon nga lugar, ginagamit nato ang atong “nguso” (tu-a didto)Ahehe!
Ang tawag nato driver or vendor ay uncle (angkol)bisag dili nimo sya uncle or relatives..
Pagmukaon ta sa restaurant.. mukuha jud ta ug toothpick..
Ug mahilig tayo sa “no”.. diba no? Ahehehe!
Toinks03/13/2009 at 6:36 PM
ahahahaha lol oo nga!…no? humff?
Toinks03/13/2009 at 6:50 PM
SPEAKING OF POWER…NAIS KO PONG MANAWAGAN SA LAHAT TO SUPPORT THE MOVE TO STOP THE PLAN OF PUTTING UP A COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT IN MAASIM SARANGANI PROV. THIS TYPE OF POWER PLANT PRODUCES A LOT OF POLLUTION IN THE AIR BECAUSE OF THE COAL BURNING…IF THE PROJECT PUSHES THROUGH THE WIND COMING FROM THE SOUTH WILL BRING SMOKE AND DUSTS NORTHWARDS THUS SPREADING POLLUTION TO THE REST OF SOCSARGEN AREA. THIS IS REALLY THREATENING IN ANY CASE.
Amie03/13/2009 at 7:33 PM
Hahaha! I really laughed at the author’s memoir about our nostrils getting black because of gasera smoke, it was really true then. Blackmeat you are so funny! sabi nila pag nguso daw tinuturo ibig sabihin malayong malayo pa yon, hehehe!
TANCHI03/13/2009 at 8:03 PM
yea! walang brownout di2
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Kritiko03/13/2009 at 8:08 PM
brown·out Listen to the pronunciation of brownout
Pronunciation:
\?brau?-?nau?t\
anynomouse :)03/13/2009 at 11:07 PM
@manoy Avel, mAy carBon copy yata ako dito. saan kaya xinerok itong si blackmeat? BiGla tuloy Ako nagkaroon nG identicAl Krisis! Ajejeje
dimple03/14/2009 at 12:02 AM
BROWNOUT AND BLACK OUT… nagkakagulo nah agad! whew…
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Rhey Bacani03/14/2009 at 7:57 AM
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delo03/14/2009 at 12:34 PM
you’re right, its authentic pinoy word. is it somehow connected to our color? — pinoys=kayumangi
Actually, the term “xerox” is also widely used in other countries like the US.
delo
foxyadnil03/14/2009 at 8:04 PM
gosh! two days ang blackout dito sa amin? how could you socoteco…pero, ok lang din paminsan-minsan na walang kuryente kasi iwas able to reread my piles of pulp and high times magazines…tripping!
Nate Marx03/14/2009 at 10:34 PM
Thanks for the news sir Avel! Btw, panu po magkaroon ng email from scoteco regarding brownout skeds in the future??
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TALAKITALK03/27/2009 at 10:53 AM
SUPPORTADO BA ANG SOCOTECO SA WORLD WIDE 60 EARTH HOUR BUKAS MARCH 28 8:30 TO 9:30 WALANG KURYENTE???
jan04/11/2009 at 10:37 AM
the recent power outages served to remind us that we need to prepare for the future. this might just be the beginning of all that’s yet to come. if long power outages happened before, it might happen again.
bariles04/11/2009 at 11:06 AMAuthor
@Jan, hello sir! I agree with you completely. The time to prepare is now before it gets too late. Thanks for the visit.
jhess02/23/2010 at 10:45 AM
..bkt lge brownout sa gensan?
bentot04/28/2010 at 8:16 AM
I understand why they have to cut out power and limit it for an hour… but I guess it’s so unfair for us (from Gensan) to suffer brown out for 9 hrs a day?…..davao experience only 2-3hrs at times unlike in Gensan that experience brown out 7-9 hrs DAILY!!!!How could this be if we only got one source of electric power?…..