Yellow alert up in Luzon grid on Wednesday, says NGCP
MANILA, Philippines — The Luzon grid will be under yellow alert again on Wednesday, National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) said.
In an advisory, NGCP said the yellow alert will be up from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. on June 5.
The NGCP noted that the Luzon grid had an available capacity of 14,254 megawatts (MW), while peak demand was placed at 13,535 MW.
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“Two plants have been on forced outage since 2023, three between January and March 2024, and 10 power plants between April and May 2024; while 5 are running on derated capacities, for a total of 1,765.6MW unavailable to the grid,” it said.
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NGCP said the deration of Masinloc 1, Masinloc 2, and Ilijan A, as well as the unavailability of Angat Main due to low water elevation, and the forced outage of Pagbilao 2 and San Lorenzo 50 plants were the factors that triggered the issuance of yellow alert.
The Visayas and Mindanao grids are under normal conditions, it said.
