Visayas grid under yellow alert again Wednesday

MANILA, Philippines – The unavailability of three major coal-fired power plant units triggered another yellow alert over the Visayas grid from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Wednesday. The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) said available capacity stood at 2,691 megawatts (MW), while peak demand was projected at 2,438 MW. READ: Why are ‘rotational brownouts’ necessary to prevent a Visayas blackout? A yellow alert is issued when the operating margin falls below the level required to meet the grid’s contingency requirements. NGCP said the alert was partly caused by the forced outages of Units 1 and 2 of Therma […]... Keep on reading: Visayas grid under yellow alert again Wednesday

Original source: Philippine Daily Inquirer