Visayas remains under yellow alert

MANILA, Philippines – The Visayas grid still faces tight electricity supply due to outages at three large coal plants, with a yellow alert raised anew on Monday. In an advisory, the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines said the yellow alert will be in effect from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., a shorter period compared to previous days when the alert status lasted for about four to seven hours. READ: Visayas power woes highlight need for gridwide upgrade As of 8:30 a.m., the available capacity was 2,571 megawatts (MW), while the peak capacity was 2,288 MW. READ: Facing prolonged Visayas power […]... Keep on reading: Visayas remains under yellow alert