Manila, Oct. 27 -- The continuing system rehabilitation of Negros Electric and Power Corp. (Negros Power) has reduced unscheduled power interruptions by 70 percent in its coverage area in central Negros.

Negros Power distributes power supply to the cities of Bacolod, Talisay, Silay and Bago, as well as the municipalities of Murcia and Don Salvador Benedicto in Negros Occidental.

Leomel Tambanillo, Negros Power spokesperson and assistant vice president for planning and business operations, underscored the development after Negros Power prevented an outage for almost 50 percent of its consumers under the Murcia and Alijis substations during the Bacolod-Alijis 69kV line maintenance activity of National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (...