Resorts and hotels on Boracay Island will be depending on generator sets for most of the next two months due to the ongoing construction of a power sub-station on the island-resort.
The power interruption started Aug. 8 and will last for about 45 to 60 days until the construction of a 30-mva sub-station of the Aklan Electric Cooperative (Akelco) is completed.
At least 70 electric posts on the island will be changed from the present 60-foot-tall poles to 70-foot ones.
The substation is being constructed at Sitio Tambisaan in Barangay Manoc-Manoc on the southern end of the 1,000-hectare island.
The project is intended to stabilize the power supply on the island, which has grown significantly because of the tourism boom. This project is meant to ensure the power supply reliability on the island and to minimize brownouts and fluctuations
But the island has repeatedly experienced power supply and fluctuation problems because of damage to submarine cables.
The 10-mva Caticlan sub-station is also overloaded because it supplies the municipalities of Buruanga and Malay. Boracay is a barangay of Malay.
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