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Expect power interruptions as Luzon power grid on yellow, red alert

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<p>MANILA - The Luzon power grid will be on red alert from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, which could lead to power interruptions, National Grid Corporation of the Philippines spokesperson Atty. Cynthia Alabanza said. </p><p>The NGCP said in a social media post that 7 plants are on &quot;forced outage,&quot; while 3 others are &quot;on derated capacities,&quot; or have their maximum output lowered, depleting the Luzon grid by 3,627 megawatts. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Luzon grid status, 12 September 2022:<br/><br/>Yellow Alert<br/>9:00AM-1:00PM<br/>4:00PM-9:00PM<br/><br/>Red Alert<br/>1:00PM-4:00PM<br/><br/>Available Capacity – 10,727MW<br/>Peak Demand – 10,585MW<br/><br/>7 plants are on forced outage, while 3 others are on derated capacities, for a total of 3,627MW lost from the grid.</p>— NGCP (@NGCP_ALERT) <a href="https://twitter.com/NGCP_ALERT/status/1569145350686146562?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 12, 2022</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>The Luzon grid needs 10,585 megawatts today, a requirement which varies relative to consumer demand. This is apart from the NGCP requirement of an additional 4 percent and another 1,300 megawatts to ensure supply stability across the grid.</p><p>&quot;Ang available lang ho natin ngayon is 10,700 [megawatts]. So ang pang-balanse, plus &#x27;yung konsumo, plus &#x27;yung kailangan ng NGCP para mainam ang pagpapatakbo at hindi maramdaman ang pagkukurap-kurap ng kuryente ay kulang na kulang na po talaga,&quot; Alabanza said. </p><p>(We only have 10,700 megawatts available today, this is not enough to meet the cumulative demand and extra supply needed for a stable grid.)</p><p>The power grid is under yellow alert where power interruptions may be imminent from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.</p><p>&quot;Tinitignan ang datos na ipinasa ng technical [team] namin, marami hong naka-forced outage, o &#x27;yung tinatawag na biglaang pagtirik ng mga planta,&quot; Alabanza said. </p><p>Apart from the outages and the plants with derated capacities, the transmission system tripped yesterday, she explained.</p><p>&quot;Ang mag transmission system ay parang ordinaryong makina po &#x27;yan, tulad ng kotse at refrigierator na minsanang talagang pumapalya o kailangan ng regular maintenance,&quot; Alabanza said. </p><p>(Many plants are under forced outage. Plants are like any other machine which may encounter outages and require maintenance from time to time.)</p><p>&quot;Inaasahan natin an bumalik siya before 12 [noon] today, pero hindi pa sigurado so napilitan tayo na mag-issue ng alert status,&quot; she added.</p><p>(We hope to restore the grid to full capacity by 12 noon, but we have raised the alert in case this does not happen.)</p><p>&quot;On-going po ang tinatawag nilang synchronization o &#x27;yung muling pagpasok sa sistema ng transmission. Pag naging successful po iyan, baka i-lift namin ang alert status today,&quot; Alabanza explained. </p><p>(Once synchronization is successful, we will be able to lift the alert status.)</p><p>Meanwhile, there is no scheduled rotational interruption yet as of 1:01 p.m. but they are closing monitoring updates from the NGCP, Meralco Spokesman Joe Zaldarriaga said. </p><p>In the meantime, the NGCP advised mindful electrical consumption and avoid activities which require heavy electricity use to prevent the overloading the limited power supply. </p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2225558" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

The NGCP said 7 plants are on forced outage, while 3 others are on derated capacities, depleting the Luzon grid by 3,627 megawatts. 