By Rachelle M. Nessia
CEBU CITY, Feb. 14 (PIA) -- A power
distribution utility in Cebu is appealing to students and residents in their coverage
areas to avoid flying kites near electric lines.
"This is one way how the public can help us ensure that there will be
stable power supply during the Election Day," said Theresa Sederiosa,
communications manager of Visayan Electric Company (VECO).
Based on VECO's records, most power outages that occur in their area are caused
by kites getting entangled in power lines.
"Because a favorite summer activity here is kite-flying, we want to remind
the schools, students, and barangay residents to practice safe
kite-flying," said Sederiosa.
Kites should only be flown in areas far from electrical lines or in open
spaces, she said.
The May 2013 polls, which will be the second automated elections in the
country, falls within the summer period.
Sederiosa said VECO personnel will be visiting the barangays and schools in
their coverage areas from February to end of March this year to educate their
consumers as part of their safety consciousness campaign.
Sederiosa and Engr. Lowell Belcina, resident manager of Cebu Electric
Cooperatives (Cebeco) Cebu City office, both urged power consumers here to be
vigilant in reporting power-related incidents during election period.
"We cannot totally guard our electric lines all the time so please report
to our office if there are trees that fell or about to fall on our lines in
your areas, so we can address them before the election period," said
Belcina.
VECO electric consumers can report power-related emergencies through landline
2308326, or text ASKVECO_OUTAGE and send to 2327 for Globe/TM, 3918326 for
Smart/TalkNText/Red Mobile, and 09178902327 for Sun Cellular or thru Twitter
@VECO_Cebu or their official Facebook page. (RMN-PIA-7 Cebu)