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A Research Paper presented to
Mr. Ghio Magtibay Reyes
Canossa Academy
Lipa City

In partial fulfillment of the requirements in English IV

Aeron Glenold R. Almoite
Aldreah Krisol P. Dinglasan
Christian Paolo R. Dumlao
Cleo O. Vergara

December 2013

Chapter I

Introduction

It took a power outage for me to see the light
Of what it is I am really like
To hear the words that you said without the noise
I could listen close, without distraction of toys
I saw the darkness of how I felt surround me
The candle that you lit, so profound within me
Safety, security, as well as desire
Lit so lovingly by that fire
“Power outage” a poem by Deanna Repose (September 23, 2009
(blog.deannarepose.com)

Electricity is an imperative necessity and essential to modern life; one basically depends on the use of electricity with almost every task. People suppose that it will be present when they need it to power the engines and systems which on the other hand are also involved in practically everything we do. In Lipa City, the residents expect their power supply to be always ready and available every time considering that theirs are busy and rushed lives. In exchange, they compensate for that power, depending on how much they use. That's about as much as most of us think about in the process. Unfortunately, BATELEC does not always meet the expectations for minimized power outage in most places of Lipa. In order to meet the problems in power shortages, there are factors that are needed to be addressed by electric cooperative employees; in why it happens and in which places in Lipa City it is frequently happening, to arrive at different ways to avoid these problems.

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It is evident that power shortage occurs frequently in specific places in Lipa that can be assumed as disagreeable to the people. However, opportunities for the distributors