MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Energy (DOE) reminded the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) on Wednesday to “adhere to its responsibilities” as system operator in ensuring supply security and reliability following a power outage in Panay Island on January 2 due to the tripping of multiple power plants.
“NGCP is in a position to anticipate system disturbance such as what happened yesterday, which unfortunately resulted in the isolation of Panay from the rest of the Visayas grid due to the simultaneous tripping of power plants that caused multiple power interruption affecting other power plants and distribution utilities (DUs),” DOE Undersecretary Rowena Cristina Guevara said in a statement.
According to the DOE, the outage started due to the tripping of a power plant from a boiler feed pump issue, which led to the tripping of two other power plants from grid voltage imbalance.
The DOE added that the NGCP also has the responsibility of updating the public, especially in Western Visayas, of the power situation.
The DOE added that it is coordinating with the NGCP and the affected power plants and DUs on the status of the power plants.
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