Yellow alert raised anew over Visayas grid

MANILA, Philippines – Tight power supply pushed the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines to place the Visayas grid under yellow alert on Tuesday, with more than 900 MW of capacity offline.

In an advisory, the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines said the alert status will be in place for five hours, from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.

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The available capacity was at 2,579 MW, while peak demand was pegged at 2,424 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