The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) on Monday positioned the Luzon energy grid beneath yellow alert, following the pressured outage of 4 energy vegetation.
In an advisory, the NGCP mentioned the Luzon grid will probably be on yellow alert from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
A yellow alert signifies that the grid has skinny reserves primarily based on the distinction between provide and demand.
“Four power plants are on forced outage, while three others are running on derated capacities, for a total of 2,080 MW unavailable to the grid,” the NGCP mentioned.
The Luzon grid has an out there capability of 11,572 MW towards a peak demand of 10,548 MW.—AOL, GMA Integrated News