There will be more than sufficient supply of fuel starting tomorrow that should ensure no rotating brownouts in Marinduque as fuel supplied by Petron are delivered on Friday, April 23rd. The total fuel supply contracted is expected to last until November this year. Boac Diesel Power Plant Superintendent Nelson Molina explained that Caltex, that used to supply fuel for the Boac DPP and related power plants, closed down its fuel storage plant in Balogo in March. Current fuel shortage was due to failed bidding (no bidders) last month for new supply after Caltex left. Petron won as the new supplier in the latest bid. Negotiation was thereafter undertaken with White Gold, a private hauling company for shipment of the first 408,000 liters for the Boac DPP.
This was conveyed by Molina at the start of a meeting held this morning at the Governor’s Office. The meeting was called by Gov. Jose Antonio N. Carrion in view of the recurring power outages and the proximity of the forthcoming elections.
Marelco Manager Eduardo Bueno, meanwhile, revealed contingency plans undertaken by Marelco before, during and after the conduct of the forthcoming national and local elections in the island-province. This includes the readiness of linemen to respond on call to problems related to power distribution in the barangays.
He stressed, however, that power outages could still be caused by factors such as coco fronds or tree branches hitting power lines when strong winds blow. It is therefore important to still tap available power generators especially those owned by individuals and private business throughout the province that could be utilized during unexpected outages, he said.
Nevertheless, available power capability is at 10MW while Marelco’s normal consumption target is set at 7.5 MW, Bueno said.
COMELEC Provincial Election Supervisor, Fernando Besino who also joined the meeting that was presided over by Provincial Administrator, Roberto L. Abling, also conveyed concerns for some barangays still without electric service. He said that according to his information, there are two such barangays in Torrijos, seven in Boac, and two in Mogpog. Besino requested for Marelco’s official confirmation of the said report.
Besino also stressed the utmost importance of ensuring uninterrupted power supply from May 3, 2010, when the delivery to Marinduque of PCOS machines starts, up to after the elections on May 10 to at least May 15, 2010.
During the meeting, Abling, also requested Marelco to coordinate with schools used as polling places to ensure that no problems with power lines and electrical lines therein will be encountered when the PCOS machines are finally delivered to the polling places for testing and throughout the duration of the political exercise.
This is Good news!..Lots of Marinduque residents( from Face Book chatter) are upset about the recent brownouts. I was informed the brown outs lasted for as long as 8 hours and almost everyday. With the heat and low water supply, I do not blame them for complaining.
ReplyDeleteThe above posting should stopped the rumors I heard from relatives and friends in Boac that the reason for the brown outs is the lack of funds to purchase the diesel fuel. What is pathetic is that most Boac or MDQ residents do not read this blog. There must be a way to inspire that the residents of Marinduque read this blog. From what I observed there are more readers of this blog all over world than Marinduque or Marinduquenos that resides in Manila and other parts of the Philippines.
ReplyDeleteThank you Dave.I can only keep on...
ReplyDeleteFirst of all is it sure that there will be no rotating brownouts today (Saturday)? Why my tito said that there is no power in Boac? I am currently in Mogpog reading this blog.
ReplyDeleteLas Friday, Napocor called to inform that fuel delivery was delayed until afternoon of today. Thanks
ReplyDeleteYour welcome!! i am looking forward for your future post. Can you post a blog wherein the crude oil has arrived? thanks!!
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ReplyDeletebrownout parin daw e unlike sa sinasabi dito, nd parin ata nareresolve. sana nga ay magtrabaho ng ayos yang mga nasa marelco, anu baga inagawa nila. nd man lang naanticipate yan ng mas maaga para nagawan n kagad ng paraan? nd parn consistent ang power supply and masama pa nyan sa gabi walang kuryente hirap matulog yung mga tao sa init.....
ReplyDeletepalpak yang mga diskarte ng nasa marelco, dapat siguro palitan n sila ng mas competent n officials. the big bosses of marelco should be fired, yan ang trabho nila maganticipate at magresolve ng problema for a better electricity service for the marinduquenos!!! at wag n nilang sisihin yung mga halaman n sumasabit sa kable ng kuryente, the problem is much much bigger than that, kung yan ang cause e di ipatrim nila ung mga sanga n un nd problema un, just excuses. people who screw up tends to make so many excuses. those are the people i usually fire in my line of work, maybe the politicians should do the same for the officials of marelco, palitan n lang, siguradong may mas maayos n personnel withing the organization that is more competent than the existing ones.
hi raigeiki. Ito ang pangyayari after I responded to your previous inquiry. Last Sat. 8:20pm I received advise that the barge with fuel was scheduled to arrive at 11:00pm.
ReplyDeleteThe next day (Sun) at 7:30am I got the following info: "kagabi pa 11pm dumating sa Balanacan pier yung diesel. Di daw pinayagan ng PPA mag unload, kahit anu pakiusap mga taga NPC. Di daw pumayag naka duty kasi wala raw manager ng PPA. Yun lang daw magdedecide kaya umaga na pinayagan magdiskarga."
So may ganun palang mga human factors.
castor, tama naman lahat ang tinuran mo. I wonder kung nabasa mo na yung series of articles na pinost ko dito sa blogsite na ito. Puwede i-click yung label "Power Outages" para makita lahat.
ReplyDeleteNapakalalim at komplikado ang suliranin. Hindi ito mare-resolve ng naayon sa katwiran at naisin ng bayan habang kontrolado ang Marelco ng mga pampulitikong puwersa/dynastiya at habang sila ay nasa posisyon.