Series of brownouts experienced in Boracay

The Aklan Electric Cooperative (AKELCO) said some 8,000 member-consumers in the resort island experienced a series of power brownouts since last week.

Engineer Joel Martinez, head of the engineering department, said the brownouts may be experienced for a month.

"The series of brownouts are being experienced because we have to transfer our electrical posts to give way to the road widening of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). These efforts are part of the environmental rehabilitation of this resort island," Martinez said in an interview.

The series of brownouts started on September 23.

"The brownouts are being experienced 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. in the afternoon Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday. We in AKELCO are doing everything to immediately transfer the poles so that the series of brownouts will not reach the one month target," he said.

Because of this, resort and hotel managers are using generator sets to power up their establishments.

Last year, President Rodrigo Duterte closed Boracay to tourists for six months to undergo environmental rehabilitation. After the six-month closure, another year and a half commenced to continue what has been started.