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The number of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) customers that experienced power outages due to Severe Tropical Storm Paeng rose to 4.06 million, the power distributor said Sunday. READ:

504,234 customers remain without power, mostly in Laguna and Cavite. The remainder are in parts of Batangas, Metro Manila, Rizal, Bulacan, and Quezon.

In a statement, the National Electrification Administration reported to the Department of Energy that as of noon Sunday, 91 electric cooperatives were affected by the storm. The NEA reported an initial damage estimate of around P778,468 from Leyte V Electric Cooperative, Inc. and Province of Siquijor Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Source: Energy Industry News (energyindustrynews.net)

 

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