Luzon grid under red alert for 13 hours on Wednesday — NGCP

FILE NGCP power lines.

MANILA, Philippines — The Luzon Grid, including Metro Manila, will be under red alert for 13 hours this Wednesday, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) said, putting the region on even more chances of having power interruption.

In an advisory, the NGCP said that the red alert was set to start at 9:00 a.m. until 5 p.m., after which it will continue at 6:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m.

Meanwhile, a yellow alert has also been placed which started at 8:00 a.m. and lasted until 9:00 a.m. This will resume at 5:00 p.m to 6:00 p.m., and then at 11:00 p.m. to 12:00 midnight.

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Being under yellow alert means that there is low electricity supply, red alert means there are zero ancillary services or insufficient power supply in the grid.

Meralco also warned the public regarding the rotational brownouts.

https://www.facebook.com/meralco/posts/4599476953399173

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