Manila, Oct. 1 -- Three units of the thermal plants of Meralco PowerGen Corporation's (MGEN) subsidiaries in the Visayas have been restored and synchronized to the grid after these tripped following the magnitude 6.9 earthquake that hit Cebu Tuesday night.

In a statement Wednesday, MGEN said "no significant damage has been found in either facility", referring to the two units of the Cebu Energy Development Corporation (CEDC) and one unit of the Toledo Power Company (TPC).

"The remaining unit is undergoing inspection and will be brought back online progressively," it said.

It said the 219.7MW CEDC and the 73MW TPC "were promptly inspected by technical teams."

These power plants, acording to the statement, "tripped as a safety precautio...