What: Load Shedding due to NGCP’s Manual Load Drop
Date: August 05, 2026 (Wednesday)
Time of power interruption: 4:38 PM
Time of power restoration: 6:02 PM
Areas Affected :
Sara Substation
Sara Feeder 3
Sara: Apologista (Portion), Bakabak, Crespo, Ferraris, Gildore (Portion), Lanciola, Padios, Poblacion Ilawod (Portion), Salcedo, Zerrudo
Concepcion: Calamigan (Portion)
Cause of power interruption:
Manual Load Drop (MLD) of NGCP to maintain the integrity of the Visayas power grid due to unavailability of Visayas’ large coal plants.
This power interruption due to manual load dropping is beyond the control of ILECO III.
