Over one million customers of Manila Electric Company (Meralco) were affected by temporary power interruptions as Severe Tropical Storm Paeng continuously batters Luzon on Saturday, October 29.
In an advisory, Meralco said that it has recorded momentary and sustained power interruptions affecting 1,143,499 customers across its franchise area since Saturday morning.
“As of 11:00 a.m. today, affected customers are already down to 101,516, majority of them are in parts of Batangas and Quezon and the rest are in parts of Metro Manila, Laguna, Cavite, Rizal and Bulacan,” the company said.
“Our crews are working round the clock to restore power at the soonest possible time,” it added.
Meralco urged customers to report power outages and other concerns, customers through its Facebook and Twitter accounts or by texting the following numbers: 09209716211 (Smart) and 09175516211 (Globe).
