Eastern Visayas power coops warn of outages amid grid alert
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines has placed the Visayas grid under red and yellow alerts due to a tight power supply. Electric cooperatives are warning consumers of potential manual load dropping and power interruptions.
Why it matters
Grid instability threatens economic activity and daily life for one million consumers in the Eastern Visayas region.
TACLOBAN CITY - Electric cooperatives in Eastern Visayas warned consumers Monday, Sept. 7, of possible power interruptions as the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) placed the Visayas grid under red and yellow alerts due to tight power supply.
NGCP said it may implement Manual Load Dropping (MLD) from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. in areas served by the following distribution utilities and electric cooperatives:
About one million member-consumers are served by these distribution utilities across the region.
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The possible power interruptions are intended to help protect the stability of the power grid amid limited generation and power imports from Mindanao, NGCP said.
The Visayas grid was placed under red alert from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. and yellow alert from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
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