Visayas remains under yellow alert

MANILA, Philippines – The Visayas grid still faces tight electricity supply due to outages at three large coal plants, with a yellow alert raised anew on Monday. 

In an advisory, the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines said the yellow alert will be in effect from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., a shorter period compared to previous days when the alert status lasted for about four to seven hours. 

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As of 8:30 a.m., the available capacity was 2,571 megawatts (MW), while the peak capacity was 2,288 MW.

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A yellow alert signals thin power reserves, leaving the grid vulnerable to disruptions if another plant goes offline. /pai INQ