NGCP defers maintenance work

THE NATIONAL Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) has suspended all maintenance activities until Monday as part of contingency measures for the May 12 midterm elections.

The suspension for maintenance and construction activities started on Monday, NGCP said in a statement on Thursday, noting that construction and noncritical maintenance activities near substations and transmission lines had been suspended from May 5 until May 16.

“NGCP is strictly following its contingency measures and coordinating with concerned groups to ensure a power interruption-free election, especially during the crucial periods prescribed by the Commission on Elections,” it added.

Maintenance works and construction activities in substations and within 300 meters of energized power lines were also suspended from May 5 to May 16. — Ashley Erika O. Jose