The Visayas Grid will be placed under yellow alert for the fourth straight day on Thursday as over 20 power plants remain either on forced outage or running on derated capacities, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines announced.In an advisory, the NGCP said the Visayas Grid will be placed under yellow alert — indicating that the operating margin is insufficient to meet the contingency requirement — from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m., and from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 16.
This comes as one plant has been on forced outage since 2022, two since 2023, two between January and March 2024, and 12 between April and May 2024, while five are running on derated capacities for a total of 515.1 megawatts unavailable to the grid.The Department of Energy earlier said more yellow and red alerts are expected in the coming weeks, as the country has already exceeded its forecasted demand given the prevailing heat levels due to the El Niño.
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