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Grid operator National Grid of the Corp. of the Philippines once again placed the Luzon grid on red alert status yesterday as a total of 3,963.3 megawatts of capacity became unavailable to the grid.
It said several factors contributed to the raising of yellow alert, particularly: the forced outage of the following plants, namely Ilijan , Pagbilao 1 , 2 , & 3 , QPPL , emergency shutdown of San Lorenzo 50 , deration of the following plants and high forecasted demand. “The continued participation of our big-load customers proves to be very beneficial in managing the current supply situation. They collectively de-loaded around 300 MW yesterday, helping minimize rotational power interruptions despite the hours-long Red Alert that started at 1:00 p.m., ” Meralco spokesperson and corporate communications head Joe Zaldarriaga said.
Zaldarriaga also encouraged the public to continue practicing energy efficiency to help in electricity demand-side management.As of 6:00 a.m. of May 28, affected customers are already down to 17,000 out of the more than 1.7 million who were hit by either momentary or sustained power interruptions.
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