THE Luzon grid will be placed on yellow alert for four hours today due to limited generation capacity, the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) said on Friday. The yellow alert will be up in the region from 12 noon to 4 p.m. “due to the unexpected shutdown and limited generation of some power plants, and high power demand,” the grid operator said in its text advisory. The available capacity is 11,354 megawatts (MW), while peak demand is 10,615 MW. A yellow alert, NGCP’s second highest alert, is declared when the reserves are less than the capacity of the biggest plant online, which is 647 MW for Luzon . JORDEENE B. LAGARE

Source: Manila Times June 01, 2018 04:41 UTC