Tag: Visayas grid

Luzon, Visayas grids under yellow alert on Friday, May 24

(Eagle News)–The Luzon and Visayas grids are under yellow alert on Friday, May 24. The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines said the alert is in place over the Luzon grid from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Three plants have been on forced outage since 2023, three between January and March, and 15 between April and May, while eight are running on derated capacities, for a total of […]

Luzon, Visayas grids under yellow alert on Monday, May 20

(Eagle News)–The Luzon and Visayas grids are under yellow alert on  Monday, May 20, the The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines said. The NGCP said the alert over the Visayas grid is in place from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. One plant, the NGCP said, has been on forced power outage since 2022, two since 2023, two between January and March 2024, and 11 between April and May 2024. Seven, it said, were running […]

Luzon, Visayas grids under yellow alert on Thursday

(Eagle News)–The Luzon and Visayas grids will be on yellow alert on Thursday, April 25, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines said. According to the NGCP,  the alert will be in place over  Luzon from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. The NGCP said four plants have been on forced outage since 2023, three between January and March 2024, and 12 since April 2024. One plant is running on […]

Red alert status, raised over the Visayas grid

MANILA, Philippines — The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines placed the Visayas region on “red alert” because of the insufficient power reserve brought about by the shutdown of three major power plants in the region. Energy Secretary Jericho Petilla said the shutdown of three major power plants had created a power supply deficiency of 71 megawatts.  The power plants that had shut down are Cebu Energy Corporation’s Cebu facility, Panay Energy Development Corporation’s Iloilo […]