Luzon grid under yellow alert on Friday, says NGCP

MANILA, Philippines — The Luzon grid will be placed again under yellow alert on Friday afternoon until evening, according to  National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP).

In its advisory, NGCP said the Luzon grid will be under yellow alert from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

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“A yellow alert is issued when the operating margin is insufficient to meet the transmission grid’s contingency requirement,” said the NGCP.

Available capacity in the Luzon grid is 14,086 megawatts, while peak demand is 12,970 megawatts.

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Fifteen power plants, said the NGCP, are currently on forced outage — two of which since 2023, three since between January and March 2024, and 10 since between April and May 2024 — resulting in a total of 2,598.3 megawatts of supply currently unavailable to the grid.

Another nine power plants are running on derated capacities.

NGCP said both Visayas and Mindanao grids are under normal conditions.