Visayas grid under yellow alert anew amid coal plants’ shutdown

MANILA, Philippines — The outages of three large coal plants have led to another yellow alert over the Visayas grid on Thursday, the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) said. Aside from the unavailability of some coal facilities, the grid operator is seeing an increase in electricity demand. This prompted it to raise a yellow alert from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. READ: From brownouts to predictable power: Lessons from Visayas provinces A yellow alert indicates that available power reserves are thinning, meaning any unexpected plant outage could trigger service interruptions. As of 8 a.m., the NGCP said about 867 […]... Keep on reading: Visayas grid under yellow alert anew amid coal plants’ shutdown

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