The Manila Times
The Luzon and Visayas grids were placed under red alert on Thursday as power supply fell short of projected demand amid multiple plant outages and derated capacities. In an advisory, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) said the Luzon grid would be under red alert from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m., while yellow alert status would be raised from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. and from 10 p.m. to 11 p.m. Available capacity in the Luzon grid was placed at 12,479 megawatts (MW), lower than the projected peak demand of 12,595 MW. NGCP said 17 power plants have been on forced outage since March 2026, while three plants have been offline since 2025, two since 2024, and one since 2019. Fourteen plants are operating on derated capacities, resulting in the loss of 4,242.5 MW. Meanwhile, the Visayas grid was also placed under red alert from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., with yellow alert status from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. and from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. The Visayas grid had an available capacity of 2,413 MW against an expected peak demand of 2,541 MW. According to NGCP, 11 plants in the Visayas have been on forced outage since March 2026, four since 2025, two since 2024, two since 2023. One plant has been offline since 2021. Twelve other plants are running on derated capacities. The grid operator appealed to consumers to conserve electricity during peak hours.
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