Yellow alert hounds Visayas grid

Yellow alert hounds Visayas grid

MANILA, Philippines – The Visayas is again experiencing a thin power supply on Monday, prompting the grid operator to put it under yellow alert. In an advisory, the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) said the yellow alert will be in place for five hours, from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. READ: Visayas power supply may stay unstable until August As of Monday morning, the available capacity is 2,593 megawatts (MW), while peak demand is 2,427 MW. Th…

NGCP issues yellow alert for Visayas

MANILA, Philippines — The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has issued a yellow alert for the Visayas grid on Monday, June 22 as major coal power plants remain unavailable while electricity demand is expected to be high.In its 8 a.m. advisory, the transmission firm said that the yellow alert will be between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m. as peak demand is estimated to reach up to around 2,427 megawatts (MW), while available supply is only a…