Visayas grid back under yellow alert – NGCP
MANILA, Philippines— A yellow alert status is once again raised over the Visayas grid as some coal power plants remain offline.
In an advisory on Tuesday, the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) said the Visayas would be under yellow alert from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.
In a yellow alert, the power supply can still meet demand, but it will serve as a warning that when a plant breaks down one way or another, it will result in brownouts.
READ: NGCP places Visayas grid under ‘yellow alert’
As some power facilities are still on forced outage or running on derated capacities, NGCP said about 846.3 megawatts (MW) of power capacity were not available to the grid.
Currently, the available capacity is 2,691 MW, while the peak demand is pegged at 2,594 MW. /atm
