Visayas grid faces new yellow alert on Oct. 15
MANILA, Philippines — After more than two weeks, the Visayas grid experienced a yellow alert on Thursday due to the unavailability of two large coal plants and limited power imports from Mindanao.
Tight power supply continues, with 645.6 megawatts (MW) unavailable to the grid.
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In an advisory, the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines said the alert status will be in place from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.
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Available capacity was 2,557 MW, while peak demand was 2,479 MW.
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A yellow alert indicates that the power supply can still meet demand, but it warns that a plant breakdown could lead to brownouts. /pai
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