THE Dagupan Electric Corporation (Decorp) was hailed by residents and businessmen for fulfilling its promise to restore power in the city’s downtown area on Thursday.

Electricity at the Malimgas Market, city hall,  the City Museum and some portions of the central business district was restored at 6:00 p.m. Thursday to the delight of late market goers, vendors, jeepney drivers and others.

The Villaflor Hospital, BHF Mall, Region I Medical Center and Nepo Mall were also among the first to have their power restored.

At 10 p.m that day, it was the turn of CSI the City Mall in Lucao to get its electricity.

Augusto Sarmiento, Decorp’s operations manager, said Decorp tapped the power from the National Transmission Commission sub-grid in San Manuel town.

But before electricity could reach Dagupan, Decorp had to energize the downtown areas of Manaoag and SanJacinto.

Sarmiento said electricity was restored in Malued, Tapuac, Tambac and Pantal, and the rest of the downtown area before noon Friday.

Restoration of power in the other 80 percent portion of the city will   depend on the availability of power from TransCo’s substation in Cadampat, Labrador which was seriously affected by the typhoon when 51 of its tower transmission lines were toppled.

TransCo is optimistic that the power in the city will be fully restored by the first week of June.     

Sarmiento lamented that in some areas of the city, cable thieves cut wires and cables of downed electric lines and cannibalized transformers and sold these to local junkshops.

Police Chief Dionicio Borromeo reported to the Dagupan  City Council that  a junkshop owner was arrested and charged for violation of anti-fencing law after finding stolen wires and transformers of Decorp  in its compound. – LM

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