AboitizPower’s electricity companies have sent power restoration teams to Cebu. Davao Light and Cotabato Light deployed a total of 26 personnel to the franchise area of their sister company, Visayan Electric, to help restore power lines damaged by Typhoon Tino (international name Kalmaegi).
The typhoon affected parts of Mindanao and Southern Luzon, and most of the Visayas, making landfall in Cebu, Southern Leyte, Negros Occidental, Guimaras, and Iloilo.
The task force from Davao Light is composed of 10 linemen led by an operations manager, bringing two crane trucks. The group from Cotabato Light includes 13 linemen and two safety officers, who brought two boom trucks, a utility vehicle, and tools.
Visayan Electric, Davao Light, and Cotabato Light are distribution utilities under Aboitiz Power Corporation, with the first two being the second- and third-largest distribution utilities in the Philippines, respectively. Visayan Electric serves the cities of Cebu, Mandaue, Talisay, and Naga, and the municipalities of Liloan, Consolacion, Minglanilla, and San Fernando in Greater Metro Cebu.
