Manila, Oct. 1 -- Only five of the 27 power plants affected by the magnitude 6.9 tremor that hit Cebu province Tuesday night remain unavailable as of 6 p.m. as restoration works continue on Wednesday.

The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) identified these as the Therma Visayas Inc. 1 and 2 in Toledo City, Cebu; Bohol Diesel Power Plant 3, Panay Diesel Power Plant 3, and unit 4 of the Power Barge 101 moored in Iloilo City, which have around 360.2MW capacity that is unavailable to the grid.

On the other hand, among the transmission lines that were affected, four remain on outage, and these are the Daanbantayan-Tabango 230KV lines 1 and 2, Daanbantayan-Compostela 230KV lines 1 and 2, Tabango-Kananga 230KV line 2, and the ...