Manila, Oct. 9 -- Key transmission services in the Visayas grid are now back to normal conditions after the magnitude 6.9 earthquake that jolted northern Cebu and several areas on Sept. 30.

The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), in a press release on Thursday, said the Compostela-Daanbantayan 230kV Line 1 was reenergized at around 2:18 a.m. on Oct. 7 and "is now operating in parallel with the earlier restored Line 2."

It also said that the Daanbantayan-Tabango 230kV Line 2, or the submarine cable that links Cebu and Leyte, was reenergized on Oct. 3.

"Restoration works are ongoing for the remaining line on outage, the Daanbantayan-Tabango 230kV Line 1," it said.

It clarified that "these lines provide N-1 contingency t...