Red, yellow alerts raised over Visayas grid after four power plant outages - BusinessWorld Online

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The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines said it declared red and yellow and over the Visayas grid on Monday, with the red alert subsequently canceled before it was due to begin after sufficient power was found to offset the loss of four power plants.

In a statement, the Department of Energy said that aside from the four plants that reported forced outages, three were running below capacity.The red alert was due to take hold for the 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. period, but was canceled beforehand.

On the Luzon grid, the NGCP said four power plants in Luzon experienced forced outages while three were operating on derated capacity, leaving 2,080 megawatts unavailable to the grid. Manila Electric Co. said it notified interruptible load program participants of possible activation after the alerts were declared.

 

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