The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) on Monday placed Luzon Grid under Yellow Alert status and will be further heigtened to Red Alert in the afternoon after seven power plants were on forced outage.
In an advisory, the NGCP said the Luzon grid was placed under Yellow Alert from 9 AM to 1 PM, indicating a thin reserves on the supply and demand of the grid.
Meanwhile, from 1 PM to 4 PM Monday, the Luzon Grid will then be placed under Red Alert status, which is put in place when it is likely that the demand will outstrip available generating capacity.
It will be then downgraded back to Yellow Alert from 4 PM to 9 PM.
According to the NGCP, the available capacity was estimated at 10,727 megawatts, with the peak demand seen at 10,585 megawatts.
There were 3,627 megawatts lost from the grid after seven power plants were on forced outage while three were running on derated capacities, it added.
Luzon grid status, 12 September 2022:
— NGCP (@NGCP_ALERT) September 12, 2022
Yellow Alert
9:00AM-1:00PM
4:00PM-9:00PM
Red Alert
1:00PM-4:00PM
Available Capacity – 10,727MW
Peak Demand – 10,585MW
7 plants are on forced outage, while 3 others are on derated capacities, for a total of 3,627MW lost from the grid.
