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Pedestrians shield themselves from the sun while passing through the Commonwealth Market in Quezon City on April 12, 2024. State weather bureau PAGASA has warned of the possibility of dangerously high heat index levels as El Nino continues to affect the Philippines. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

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Benise Balaoing

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:900px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/171409387140620240412-heat-index-qc-MT-7.jpg" style="width:900px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Pedestrians shield themselves from the sun while passing through the Commonwealth Market in Quezon City on April 12, 2024. State weather bureau PAGASA has warned of the possibility of dangerously high heat index levels as El Nino continues to affect the Philippines.<em> Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News</em></span></span></span></span>MANILA (UPDATE 2) -- The Luzon and Visayas grids were placed on yellow and red alerts again on Friday, April 26 as power reserves remained thin.</div><p>In a statement, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) said the Luzon grid was on yellow alert from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., and from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.</p><p>The Visayas grid, meanwhile, was put on red alert from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. and on yellow alert from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. and from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m.</p><p>&quot;The red alert in Visayas grid is also due to increased demand and decrease in power exported from Luzon,&quot; the NGCP said.</p><p>Four plants in Luzon have been on forced outage since 2023, while 4 were out between January and March 2024, the power grid operator said.</p><p>Fourteen have been down since April 2024, while two are running on derated capacity, which means 1,512.7 megawatts of power are unavailable to Filipinos.</p><p>In Visayas, one plant has been on forced outage since 2022, while another 2 have been down since 2023.</p><p>Another 2 went down between January and March 2024, and 14 more were out since April 2024. An additional 8 are running on derated capacities, making 604.1 megawatts unavailable to the public.</p><p>A yellow alert is issued when the operating margin is insufficient to meet the transmission grid’s contingency requirement.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/4/25/power-situation-now-a-calamity-says-doe-1554" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Power situation now a &#x27;calamity&#x27; says DOE</a></div><div><strong>RELATED STORY: </strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3_Izm6p-O1s?autoplay=1&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>The Luzon and Visayas grids will be placed on yellow alert on Friday, April 26.</p>

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Luzon, Visayas grids on alert on Friday, April 26 amid thin power reserves

Benise Balaoing,

ABS-CBN News

Published April 26, 2024 09:35 AM PHT

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Updated April 26, 2024 05:19 PM PHT

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