Luzon may experience another round of rotating brownouts today, May 15, after the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) placed the Luzon Grid under a Red Alert from 3:00 PM to 10:00 PM, based on its 8 AM advisory.
According to NGCP, several power plants remain on forced outage or are operating at reduced capacity, leaving around 4,160 MW unavailable to the grid. Although key transmission lines such as the Tayabas-Ilijan and Dasmariñas-Ilijan 500kV lines have already been restored, affected power plants are still in the process of reconnecting to the grid.
A Red Alert status means electricity supply is insufficient to meet consumer demand, which may lead to rotational power interruptions in different areas to avoid a total grid shutdown.
source: NGCP
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