SOCOTECO II sets 3-hour once-daily Brownouts!
Bariles was at this morning’s bi-monthly City Mayor’s Press Conference conducted by the City Public Information Office at the CMO Conference Room, General Santos City Hall. It was attended by members of the media, mostly from the City Hall Press Corps.
Five issues were taken up, all of which were relayed in advanced to the CPIO who then invited the concerned respondents to the attend the presscon and answer the queries. One of the invitees was SOCOTECO II.
SOCOTECO II was represented by Engineer Sotelo in the 3-hour presscon. He diligently fielded off questions from the fifteen or so media personnel present and used up 75% of the alloted time.
During the proceedings, the engineer released a new advisory, announcing that “BROWNOUTS WILL NOW OCCUR FOR THREE HOURS ONLY, ONCE DAY” effective immediately (May 18, 2010), until the end of the month.
This of course, was greeted with glee by most of the presscon attendees who had to suffer 12-hour brownouts daily for the past three months!!!
Here is that piece of advisory, together with the new groupings A, B, C and D for the city’s feeders:
The decrease in # of hours from 12 hours daily to 3 hours daily came about after the National Grid Corporation announced to SOCOTECTO II yesterday, May 17, 2010, a “slight increase of available power”, with Mindanao island’s system deficiency going down from 700-750 megawatss to only 300 megawatts.
In layman’s terms, the water level in their dams has gone up due to the onset of the rains.
However, this is not enough for a brownout-free GenSan finally, and so as the advisory above states, “Brownouts will be expected during peak hours, starting from 10 AM to 10 PM. NGCP assures no curtailment before 10 o-clock in the morning and after ten o’clock in the evening.”
Hopefully, if the rains continue to fall, life will return to normal for all of us again.
And as for SOCOTECTO II, the management must be thankful for the rains although the company is still intent of buying a powerful generator as a standby source of electricity.
And take note, they have also initiated talks with CONAL HOLDINGS for the possibility of employing their services to supply SOCOTECO II with additional power source once it is available.
Uh-oh! Bariles is hearing more grumbling in the background….
Related posts:
- SOCOTECO II blinks, suspends implementation of 6-hour twice daily brownouts!
- SOCOTECO II’s Power Advisory amidst worsening cases of brownouts
- 6-Hours-Straight Twice Daily Brownouts Schedule in GenSan!
- Brownout na naman! (SOCOTECO II Notice of Power Interruption I)
- SOCOTECO II Schedule of Browouts in GenSan/ List of Feeders
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dimple Says:
at last… 3 hours a day is not bad.. thanks for the update…
Posted on May 18th, 2010 at 3:12 PM
Mikko Says:
Isang napakalaking congratulations. I can feel the happiness of the people!
Posted on May 18th, 2010 at 3:16 PM
vanessa Says:
thank you very much for the information..more power to you!!!
Posted on May 18th, 2010 at 3:24 PM
jordan Says:
dapat lang…
Posted on May 18th, 2010 at 3:29 PM
sonnyc Says:
Haaay a bit of not so good news. 3 hours brownout at work, and another 3 hours brownout at home for me. I hope there is a way for the City government to invite investors for the power generation, probably offer socoteco II for sale or something. “Para sa pagbabago”
Posted on May 18th, 2010 at 3:45 PM
sheng Says:
this is one good news! Thank you bariles.
Posted on May 18th, 2010 at 3:48 PM
JEC Says:
still not satisfied with the 3 hours power outages. if not for the blog of Mr. Bariles, basig 12 hours pa gihapon atong brownout. let’s continue to put pressure on the local gov’t pati na sa SOCOTECO 2 to restore the electrity 24/7. salamat Mr. Bariles for the info.
Posted on May 18th, 2010 at 3:48 PM
Donna Mae Says:
SALAMAT LORD!!!! narinig mo panalangin namin… this 3 hour once a day power outage is a GREAT DEAL na!!! deal na deal na!!! hehehehehehe
wohhhhoooo thank you sir AVEL for the UPDATE!!! mwah!!!
Posted on May 18th, 2010 at 4:24 PM
ramon Says:
The brownouts may have been lessened but the RATES ARE STILL HIGH!
This is unacceptable to business owners and ordinary consumers.
To Socoteco and the local gov’t… WE ARE STILL WATCHING YOU!!!
Posted on May 18th, 2010 at 5:19 PM
Aubrey Says:
Thanks for the info….At least, 3 hours na lang ang init…
Posted on May 18th, 2010 at 5:30 PM
hamel Says:
HMMMMMP!………..kakainis pa rin…
anyhow, salamat ng bongang bongaah talaga Sir AVEL kung di sa blog attack na na to ..ay naku baka grabeng KALBARYO ang mangyayri neto..
I LUV NA TALAGA SIR AVELL….MUAHHH..MUAHHH..
Posted on May 18th, 2010 at 6:46 PM
hamel Says:
HMMMMMMMMPPPPP!!….kakainiz pa rin..!
sir avel,
SOBRANG THNKS TLAGA NETONG ON LINE SITE MO…KUNDI NETO EWAN KO LANG BA…KALBARYO AS IN TALAGA BUONG GENSAN….
ISA KANG ILAW …ISA KANG TOTOONG PUBLIC SERVANT..MABUHAY KA!!
I LUV U NA TALAGA….MUAHH..MUAHHH!
Posted on May 18th, 2010 at 6:54 PM
Brandon Says:
kahit paano ok na rin. salamat naman at nakinig sila.
Posted on May 18th, 2010 at 7:39 PM
gracey Says:
wow. everyone is happy. murag gangisi ang mga generals ani nga 3 hours na lang. Above all thanks God.
Posted on May 18th, 2010 at 7:59 PM
CRISPIN S. VILLAFUERTE Says:
SALAMAT if ganyan ang systema nyo . ………………………
BUT PWEDE BA . . MGA HONORABLE BOARD MEMBERS NG SOCOTECO (daw) at
Engr. Kalbo este Engr,. Ocat pala. . . . utusan nyo yung mga tagabasa ng mga kuntador mag trabaho sila ng husto at nang tama.
Basahin ng tama at wasto ang mga kuntador. . . di yung estimate lang . .
Dyan kayo tumitiba sa pandaraya . . . .
WALANG ACTUAL METER READING SA METER WATT…….
ISA YANG PAGNANAKAW SA MGA CONSUMERS NG SOCOTECO. . . .
IMAGINE nyo mga kababayan . . sa bakuran ng SOCOTECO. . . . nakasabit dun iba ibang tqarpulin tungkol sa kanilang LIFE MINISTRY, PROPHECY . .MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER . . . ETC . . PA
PERO SA TOTOO LANG. . . MANDURUGAS PALA KAYO. . .
EH KASI ILANG BUWAN AKONG NADUGASAN NG SOCOTECO . . WALANG ACTUAL READING SA KUNTADOR KO . . . PANAY BAYAD KO NG MAS MATAAS PA SA DATI. . . YUN PALA NADAYA AKO NG SOCOTECO AT NADUGASAN PA NG ILANG TAON . . . .
SIGE LANG. . . . TUTAL ANG KARMA BABALIK SA INYO . . .
TEKA MGA GENERALS…… SINO SA INYO ME KILALANG TAGA -BARANG. . .
IPABARANG NATIN YUNG MGA LAHING MANDURUGAS AT KAWATAN DYAN SA SOCOTECO. . .
Posted on May 18th, 2010 at 8:02 PM
Khalid Says:
wag maging kampante mga kababayan. we still have 3 hrs. daily brownouts. this is still not acceptable. we need a total restoration of the electricity. gayunpaman, maraming salamat sa local gov’t at last pinakinggan nyo rin hinaing ng bayan. sana tuloy tuloy na to para sa ikauunlad ng ating bayan “Magandang Gensan” at mabuhay ka Bariles… keep it up.
Posted on May 18th, 2010 at 8:56 PM
john makabayan Says:
The battle is not yet over. Like a carrot and stick tactic, this is just a bait. We are still walking on a tight rope. Be not complacent! We shall brace for the next episode.
Posted on May 18th, 2010 at 8:59 PM
elmerceq Says:
The three giant conspirators (National Power Corporation, National Grid Corporation of the Philippines and SOCOTECO II) had backed off from these manipulated power outages! They are involved in the power generation, transmission and distribution of electricity. If this scenario is for a time being only, let us not be complacent. Let’s continue the fight!
Posted on May 18th, 2010 at 9:06 PM
warrell salvador Says:
sir tnx for the info..next week i wil greet ur name at MOTORING 101 at MAGANDANG UMAGA socsargen..
Posted on May 18th, 2010 at 9:42 PM
warrell salvador Says:
i agree with crispin..sana tangalin yung mga MARUKOY na meter reader!!
Posted on May 18th, 2010 at 9:44 PM
Cidy Says:
That’s good news for me, yehey! Thanks sa info =)
Posted on May 18th, 2010 at 10:07 PM
Toinks Says:
3-hour brownout still no good. Why? Some hydro power plants failed because of too much water? Lols. Anyways, let us think of ways to address this so called “power shortage” churvah. And we mean clean and safe source energy!!! NOW NA!
Posted on May 18th, 2010 at 11:07 PM
Toinks Says:
Ondoy, Ondoy…they seem to have missed you a lot.
Posted on May 18th, 2010 at 11:09 PM
CRISPIN S. VILLAFUERTE Says:
wowowowowow 2nd day walang brown out, naging productive uli ang manggagawa. . .
kung ganyan ba walang black-out / brown out walang matanggap na maanghang na mura at below the belt ang socoteco. . .
at least, nagising sa totoo ang ANG BROWN OUT DITO SA GENSAN ay concerted effort ng SOCOTECO kaya ang resulta
maraming negosyo nalugi. . . .
naging 50% productivity ang performance ng mga government offices. . . .
sana brown out free ang gensan . . . kita nyo sa ibang lugar. . .
wala silang 3 hours brown out kahit me krisis
DALANGIN NG BAYAN . . .
sana di kami madaya ng socoteco II
sana basahin ng tama ang kuntador . . . .
sana husayin ng socoteco ang serbisyo
sana di kami madaya ng socoteco II
sana basahin ng tama ang kuntador . . . .
sana husayin ng socoteco ang serbisyo
Posted on May 19th, 2010 at 4:51 AM
fahdingding Says:
yes! Thank LORD!
Posted on May 19th, 2010 at 6:59 AM
fahdingding Says:
But…. until the end of month lang? pwede pa mag bago pag june!
RAIN! RAIN! RAIn!
Posted on May 19th, 2010 at 7:04 AM
fahdingding Says:
Thank You Kuya for the NEWS! = )
Posted on May 19th, 2010 at 7:06 AM
wew Says:
HOY SOCOTECONG MANDURUGAS BUMILI KAU NG GEN-SET KAU MAGBAYAD D KMI DAHIL BUMIBILI LNG KMI NG KURYENTE SENYO POOTA KAU, WAGKAU PAHALATA N WLA KAU PONDO DAHIL DINUDUGAS NINYO.. POOTA KAKAPAL NG FACE! GAGAWA NG PARAAN CONSUMERS DIN MAGDUDUSA!! MANDARAYA N NGA METER READING POOTA BLAK P MANGLOKO S PLANO GHEN-SET POOTA KAU.. SOBRANG HIRAP N NG BUHAY DADAGDAG P KAU!TANG-ENA KAU LAGING BRWN OUT PRO MAS MALAKI P BILL NMIN KESA DATI
Posted on May 19th, 2010 at 9:17 AM
scarlet Says:
@sonnyc:i agree with you..me din,brownout sa work then sa bahay ulit…parang six hours pa rin ang brown-out ko..but atleast,they are making plans na..unta dili lang na hantud plans..try the word din kaya..IMPLEMENT
Posted on May 19th, 2010 at 9:46 AM
Josh Rivera Says:
kapal ng mukha ng mga taga-SOCOTECO II…
nagbayad na ako, tapos may nagpunta sa bahay puputulin daw line namin kasi wala pa daw bayad. eh nandito sa akin ang resibo at nandito ako sa opisina. dapat daw may mapakita na resibo kung hindi puputulin nila. GALIT at NAGSUSUPLADO pa daw sa bahay! KAPAL NG MUKHA! sila pa may ganang magalit eh BAYAD NA AKO at WALANG KWENTA ANG SERBISYO NILA. grrrrrrrrrr!!!
uuwi ako at ipapakain ko sa kanya ang resibo ko! badtrip! nakakasira talaga ng araw ang SOCOTECO!
sensya na po sir Bariles. nilabas ko lang po dito sa blog na ito ang aking galit sa socoteco. peace po! rak en rol! >.<
Posted on May 19th, 2010 at 9:51 AM
gracey Says:
something should be done pa rin….like my situation working mom…pagreading nila sa meter walang tao…how can i be sure na tama yong reading nila that moment. kaya pala malaki ang babayaran namin…biruin mo last month and this month..a difference of almost P1,000. ang mangnanakaw..sa mata ng panginoon ay hindi makakawala.
Posted on May 19th, 2010 at 10:33 AM
white knight Says:
As for me, still NOT worth rejoicing. I don’t want to be negative, apathetic nor pointing fingers on our officials on this brownout thing problem which cause us a lot of inconveniences. It seems to me that the NGC is not consistent on their statement nor serious of their job. If my memory serves me right, 4 months ago when this problem came out in the national television, a certain NGC official was interviewed & says that even though we will have rain here in Mindanao come June, our electricity problem will be normalize by December 2010. And now they came out again with the statement “…the water level in their dams has gone up due to the onset of the rains..”
I have the impressions that our electricity power problem is merely a political thing issues. They just exagerrated this for some reasons that they themselves only know. If we do really have a problem in our current power our local & national government should do something now.
My suggestion is how about studying the SOLAR ENERGY if it works on our place. Since WINDMILL is a big factor in Ilocos region then why not our local government make a study on this. While Coal is not good to our environment due to the added heat it may create.
Remember the current problem of our power deficiency are not only concerns one sector, nor two but to ALL OF US. THEY MUST DO SOMETHING NOW !!!!
Posted on May 19th, 2010 at 10:38 AM
Yes2Bikeways@Gensan Says:
Mga bagay bagay na natutunan ko sa Krisis sa kuryente:
1. Magparticipate na sa susunod Socoteco election para makapamili ng “matino” na representative sa board.
2. Maglagay ng Insulators sa bubungan ng bahay para mabawasan ang init na galing sa sikat ng araw..
3. Magtanim ng maraming punongkahoy para lumamig ang paligid at hindi kaagad matuyo ang tubig sa mga ilog na nagpapatubig sa mga taniman at hydroplants.
4. Magtipid sa kuryente sa lahat ng pagkakataon.
5. Magsumbong kay Bariles kapag lumala uli ang krisis sa kuryente. hehehe. Bariles, ikaw ang champion namin laban sa pangaapi ng Socoteco.
Posted on May 19th, 2010 at 2:44 PM
CRISPIN S. VILLAFUERTE Says:
In darkness, bampires suck the blood of their victims.
With brown put in our city, SOCOTECO II sucks our money as we are paying excessive bills which we do not know how it happened until i doubt the accuracy of the meter reading of the kilowatt my family used at them house. by then, when I started sharing with you my sad experiences with SOCOTECO. . . people who read my comments found it unbelievable. . . but my neighbors can attest the truthfulness and accuracy of my expose. When my neighbors saw the differences of the of both monthly bill in January 2010 and compared ,with the meter watt……….. ……….
grabe . . . ANG LAKI NG DIPERENSYA. . . .
Suddenly, my neighbors also checked out their meter watt and their monthly billing of january 2010 . . . almost the same with mine. . Sus ginoo . . . .ang layo ng actuakl reading sa kuntador at sa monthly statement of accounts. . .
MAthematically, my neighbors have unusual differences . . . 44 kw; 53kw; 63 kw; 39kw; 22kw; 69kw; and finally yung akin 67kw; ang laki ng sobra ano po??
Pero sa totoo lang, imposible nga makagamit kami ng more than 160kw+ eh mga working parents lahat kaming mga neighbors at nakababa ang main switch. So by computing the differences. . . abaw gid, more than 725 yung sobra sa akin . . .
kawawa tayong mga GENERALS. . . . brown out lagi at di pala binabasa yung mga kuntador natin . . nang tama at wasto. . . by estimate lang pala. . .
pwes. . . simula nang madiskubre ko ang pandaraya ng SOCOTECO II.. . . i am waiting sa tagabasa ng kuntador ,. , . . ma check ko yung binasa nya at nilista. . .kung tama o mali.
kung tama. . .ok go sya. . .
kapag mali, KULATA SYA SA AKIN.
Posted on May 19th, 2010 at 8:19 PM
CRISPIN S. VILLAFUERTE Says:
KUNG AYAW NYA NG KULATA . . SIGE
NAA ME SAMURAI SA BALAY
Posted on May 19th, 2010 at 8:22 PM
Toinks Says:
NGCP is such a b!a#ch. Freedom wall rules! Mabuhay mr. Bariles!
Posted on May 19th, 2010 at 10:58 PM
CRISPIN S. VILLAFUERTE Says:
still with brown out . . .
kita nyo what happened with the traffic lights along pioneer avenue.
dalawang area lang may traffic lights di na umiilaw. . . nag-malfunction ba yun . . .
Sir Avel, please knock the door of those who are responsible in the control boxes of the traffic lights along pioneer avenue.
yan ang magaling na AVEL MANANSALA .. . . . public service man
)
next time sir avel, file your candidacy sa susunod na election tyak dami ka makuha boto.
hep hep; hooray
thanks. . .
Posted on May 20th, 2010 at 5:18 AM
Osh Says:
This is like choosing the lesser evil but not good enough. The Generals like azny other Filipinos deserve continous and reasonably-priced electricity.
http://www.causes.com/causes/486817/about?m=06667e8d
Posted on May 20th, 2010 at 1:16 PM
Rika Says:
Peste yang schedule na yan! Akala ko ba 3 hours lang ang brownout? Eh bakit nagbrownout dito sa labangal kaninang 1am at 2:30 pm? Naputol tuloy tulog ko.
Ano ba yan SOCOTECO? Walang kwenta schedule nyo!!!!!!!!
Posted on May 20th, 2010 at 2:50 PM
hamel Says:
@ CRISPIN VILLAFUERTE:
nagagandahan ako sa line mo na:
KUNG TAMA..OK GO SYA…
bonggahng linya…mabuhay ka !
ciao!
Posted on May 29th, 2010 at 12:50 AM