Luzon grid on yellow, red alerts Wednesday

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MANILA, Philippines—The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) placed the Luzon grid under yellow and red alerts on Wednesday.

In an advisory, the NGCP declared the largest grid in the country under yellow alert from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. and from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.

It will be under red alert from 10:00 a.m. to 4 p.m. and from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Luzon grid on yellow alert from 8:00AM-10:00AM, 4:00PM-6:00PM, and 7:00PM-11:00PM, and red alert from 10:00AM-4:00PM and 6:00PM-7:00PM, 24 April 2019.

Available Capacity – 10,741MW
Peak Demand – 10,525MW… https://t.co/g8JNfLs7qU

— NGCP (@NGCP_ALERT) April 23, 2019

Available capacity is at 10,741 megawatts while peak demand is pegged at 10,525 megawatts, the NGCP said.

“Details on the cause to be announced by the Department of Energy (DOE) later in the day,” it added.

On Tuesday, the NGCP put the Luzon grid under yellow and red alerts after a magnitude 6.1 earthquake damaged several power generators — mainly in Bataan last Monday.

READ: Luzon grid under power supply alert due to quake damage

Earlier this month, the grid was put under red alert several times after some power plants simultaneously went on a forced outage.