THE Luzon grid was placed on “yellow alert” on Monday afternoon, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) said.
The grid operator issued the alert notice from 1 to 4 p.m. and from 5 to 7 p.m. A yellow alert means insufficient operating power reserve.
There were four power plants that went on forced outage and three experienced below-capacity generation. The generators that went on shutdown are Calaca 2 (300MW), GMEC 1 (316MW), Masinloc 3 (355MW), GNDP 2 (668MW). The de-rated plants are Masinloc 1 (250MW), Masinloc 2 (285MW), Sual 1 (310MW).
In all, 2,080 MW was shaved off from the grid resulting in thin power reserves. The NGCP said peak demand stood at 10,548 MW, while available supply reached 11,572 MW.
Energy Secretary Raphael P.M. Lotilla assured the public that there is no fuel supply constraint after these power-generating plants went on forced outages.
The DOE has coordinated with the Manila Electric Company to advise its Interruptible load program (ILP) participants to be prepared with their manual load dropping as a precautionary measure.
In this case, the ILP participants may run their facilities to allow more grid capacity to serve other customers.
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