AKELCO starts rotational brownouts for Aklan, Boracay

The Aklan Electric Cooperative (AKELCO) has started implementing a rotation scheme for both residential and commercial establishments here to ensure providing the needed electricity in the province.

AKELCO officials said that they have to implement the power rotation scheme as electricity in the province is still limited because of the devastation by typhoon 'Yolanda.'

Currently, the AKELCO gets its source of electricity from the Global Business Power Corporation (GBPC) which has a diesel power production plant in Nabas and New Washington, Aklan.

The GBPC plant has been a temporary source of electricity as the province is still awaiting from the National Grid Power Corporation (NGCP) to be connected from the usual supply coming from the Visayas Grid. The power grid has been damaged by the super typhoon 'Yolanda.'

GBPC officials earlier promised to restore the electricity in different towns in the Visayas region before Christmas.

Because AKELCO has to rely on the production of the GBPC, it announced that electricity rate may reach P13.87 per kilowatthour for member consumers. The AKELCO has been calling on the consumers to conserve electricity.

The AKELCO is also shutting down electricity from 1 o'clock in the morning to 5 o'clock in the afternoon daily as part of its conservation measure.