Friday, December 7, 2007

FRIDAY-7TH DECEMBER 2007-BLACKOUTS DESPITE RESTORATIVE WORKS

Blackouts despite restorative works
SABAH Electricity Sdn Bhd (SESB) explained in October that the excess current (arus lampau) supplied to their II Kilovolt (Kv) cable was behind the series of power outages at Grand Millennium 2, Jalad Kobusak in Penampang, for several months. But despite restorative work carried out by SESB technicians in that particular month, the same problem continues until this day. It was also reported then that the outages were caused by ‘feeder trip” due to excessive power to the cable concerned. JAMES, who spoke on behalf of 70 homeowners there, bemoaned the frequency of the power failures in the neighbourhood ever since he moved to his new house there two years ago. “I never kept track of the number of times it tripped over the years but the most recent was last Friday,” he said, adding that it tripped at about 7.3Opm and was restored at 850pm on Nov. 23. However, the irony of this situation was that supply to the adjacent housing estate and village were not affected each time there was a power failure in their neighbour- hood. “For instance those residing in the adjacent Taman Nsoob and also the nearby Kampung Kobusak are spared by this perennial problem.” he pointed out A SESB spokeswoman assured that it would elaborate on the situation soon as possible. “Give us some time- to gather information about the recent failures and what is causing the blackouts” she said.