Manila: Two transmission lines affected by Typhoon Tino (international name Kalmaegi) have been partly energized since Tuesday night, but eight remain totally unavailable as of 9 a.m. Wednesday, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) said.

According to Philippines News Agency, the partially energized transmission lines were the Ormoc-San Isidro 69kV line, which caters to the Don Orestes Romualdez Electric Cooperative, Inc. (DORELCO), Southern Leyte Electric Cooperative Inc. (SOLECO), Leyte III Electric Cooperative, Inc. (LEYECO III), LEYECO V, and the Biliran Electric Cooperative, Inc. (BILECO); and the Ormoc-Baybay 69kV line that services LEYECO IV.

The other 69kV lines that remain unavailable are the Maasin-Baybay Line that caters to LEYECO IV, Calongcalong-Asturias Line that services Cebu III Electric Cooperative (CEBECO III), Compostela-Consolacion Line that supplies CEBECO II, Bacolod-San Enrique Line that services Negros Electric and Power Corporation (NEPC) and Negros Occidental Electric Cooperative (NOCECO), and San Jose-Bugasong 69kV Line that services Antique Electric Cooperative (ANTECO).

Additionally, two 138kV lines and one 230kV line are unavailable, the NGCP said without disclosing further details.

‘NGCP has mobilized its line crews and is currently conducting patrols. Simultaneous restoration activities are also being conducted in areas already accessible,’ the report said.

As of the 8 a.m. bulletin from the weather bureau, the center of the eye of Tino was estimated over the coastal waters of El Nido, Palawan, moving west northwest at 25 km/hr and packing maximum sustained winds of 120 km/hr near the center and gustiness of up to 165 km/hr.