NGCP aid to victims of ‘Odette’ hit P275M

BY LENIE LECTURA – FEBRUARY 9, 2022
from Business Mirror

The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) on Wednesday reported that it has extended P275 million worth of assistance to Typhoon Odette-affected communities.

The grid operator said that after the onslaught of Typhoon Odette in December 2021, it immediately rolled out its relief efforts for severely affected communities.

It donated relief packs, hot meals, sacks of rice, bottles of water, shirts, blankets, as well as roofing materials to local government units in Visayas and Mindanao for distribution to affected families.

The NGCP said it has restored all 69kV transmission lines affected by the typhoon after completing the Ubay-Trinidad-Carmen 69kV line serving the franchise areas of BOHECO I and BOHECO II.

Aside from the Ubay-Trinidad-Carmen 69kV line, NGCP also restored the Cebu-Colon 138kV Line 2 and Colon-Calongcalong 138kV Line 1.

At the height of restoration activities, the company deployed more than 1,000 personnel composed of linemen, engineers, and other support personnel to simultaneously expedite the restoration of transmission services in all affected areas.

NGCP is a Filipino-led, privately owned company in charge of operating, maintaining, and developing the country’s power grid, led by majority shareholders and Vice Chairman of the Board Henry Sy, Jr. and Co-Vice Chairman Robert Coyiuto Jr.