Visayas grid faces yet another yellow lert

MANILA, Philippines – The outages of three major coal plants continued to strain the Visayas power supply, prompting another yellow alert on Wednesday. The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines placed the Visayas grid under yellow alert from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. as available supply risked falling short of demand. READ: Visayas power supply may stay unstable until August As of 8 a.m., available capacity stood at 2,542 MW, against a peak demand of 2,362 MW. The Department of Energy expects Panay Energy’s Unit 3 to return by July 3, while Therma Visayas’ two units are due back in August. […]... Keep on reading: Visayas grid faces yet another yellow lert