NotiPower: A Mobile-Based Power Advisory for Bukidnon Second Electric Cooperative, Inc. Consumers

Oftentimes, a power outage is prevalent in areas where the power supply is insufficient or may be triggered by damages to electric transmission lines, faults at the power station or overloading of electricity mains. Electric utilities are faced with greater pressure to improve not only their restoration efforts but also how to quickly notify its final consumer about the restoration process. In the absence of information, customers tend to conclude that this utility is insensible and primarily interested in profits rather than customer satisfaction. This prompted the researchers to develop a NotiPower Mobile Application to help the electric consumers be updated about the scheduled and unscheduled power failures of areas covered by Bukidnon Second Electric Cooperative, Inc. (BUSECO). In the development process, a Modified Waterfall Model was used. The researchers used a WordPress platform, PHP and Android as the programming languages, and firebase as the database. The finished system was put through the various testing environment to ensure harmonious execution before it was deployed. The system evaluation involved 200 respondents from the City of Malaybalay, Province of Bukidnon. ISO 9126 type of questionnaire was also used by the researchers to assess the acceptability of the system in terms of functionality, usability, reliability, efficiency, and portability. The result of the evaluation yielded an average mean of 4.49 which means that majority of the respondents strongly agreed that the system was very acceptable.