Mindanao grid placed on yellow alert

The Mindanao power grid was placed on yellow alert yesterday alongside the Luzon and Visayas grids due to outages of several power plants.

- PATRICK MIGUEL

This is the first time this year that the Mindanao grid has been placed on alert as the available capacity is 2,761 megawatts amid peak demand of 2,614 MW due to forced outages of nine power plants, according to the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines.

NGCP announced in the afternoon that the yellow alert in the Mindanao grid had been lifted.

The Luzon grid was placed on red and yellow alert with an available capacity of 14,249 MW while peak demand stood at 13,475 MW.

The Visayas grid was also placed on red and yellow alert as available capacity was at 2,462 MW while peak demand stood at 2,525 MW.

In an afternoon update, NGCP said the highest Luzon grid peak load for the year is 14,016 MW, which exceeded Tuesday's record.

Department of Energy (DOE) Assistant Secretary Mario Marasigan said the peak demand for the Luzon grid last Tuesday was recorded at its highest for the year.