Manila Electric Company (Meralco) senior vice president Alfredo Panlilio said Thursday that they expect full power restoration in Metro Manila by Friday and only 4 percent will remain without electricity in their other typhoon-damaged franchise areas.
Panlilio said in a televised press conference at the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) that the remaining 4 percent will be coming from the south.
The province of Quezon was the worst hit with 99.98 percent still without power while Batangas was also badly affected with 94 percent of homes affected.
Meanwhile, customers experiencing power outages in Cavite and Laguna went down to 67 percent and 61 percent, respectively. In Rizal province, it went down to 47 percent down, Metro Manila 17.99 percent and Bulacan 11 percent.
