The DOE quoted the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) as saying its red alert status, which signifies a power supply shortage, was lifted as of 5:03 p.m.
RED ALERT NOTICE is lifted effective 5:03PM. – NGCP
— DOE Philippines (@doe_ph) May 16, 2014
NGCP said Friday’s rotating brownout was due to outages in some power plants, particularly the Pagbilao plant in Quezon.
During the peak hours of 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., the capacity of the grid was at 8,139 megawatts when the demand was at 8,403 MW, causing a shortfall of 264 MW, NGCP said.
The affected areas are Manila, Quezon City, Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas and Bulacan, the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) said.
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