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Rotational brownouts loom on Monday as Luzon power woes persist

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<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HAiaUk0ERGM?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>MANILA -- Rotational brownouts could affect some areas in Luzon on Monday due to insufficient electricity reserves, power distributor Meralco said.</p><p>The Luzon grid was placed on yellow alert, the second highest warning, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. It will be on red alert, the highest warning, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., the National Grid Corp said in an advisory.</p><p>Brownouts may be implemented in the following areas from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Monday:</p><ul>	<li>Parts of Bataan</li>	<li>Parts of Isabela</li>	<li>Entire province of Quirino</li>	<li>Parts of Quezon</li>	<li>Parts of Camarines Sur </li>	<li>Parts of Metro Manila</li></ul><p>The brownouts may be canceled if the system condition improves, the NGCP said in an advisory.</p><p>Electricity demand on Monday is projected to peak at 10,619 megawatts compared to available capacity of 10,669 megawatts, the NGCP said.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Luzon grid on yellow alert from 9:00AM-1:00PM, 4:00PM-5:00PM, and 6:00PM-8:00PM, and red alert from 1:00PM-4:00PM, 15 April 2019.<br/><br/>Available Capacity – 10,669MW<br/>Peak Demand –  10,619MW<br/><br/>Details on the cause to be announced by the Department of Energy (DOE) later in the day.</p>— NGCP (@NGCP_ALERT) <a href="https://twitter.com/NGCP_ALERT/status/1117566686956122112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 14, 2019</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script>

<p>The Luzon grid was placed on yellow alert, the second highest warning, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. It will be on red alert, the highest warning, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., the National Grid Corp said in an advisory.<br /> </p>

The Luzon grid was placed on yellow alert, the second highest warning, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. It will be on red alert, the highest warning, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., the National Grid Corp said in an advisory.