Visayas grid faces another yellow alert on Tuesday

NGCP places Visayas grid under yellow alert MANILA, Philippines – Consumers in the Visayas may have to conserve more energy as the grid continues to suffer from tight electricity supply on

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National Grid Corp. of the Philippines issued yellow alert for Visayas Tuesday; available capacity 2,542 MW barely covers peak demand 2,412 MW due to coal plant outages. Shortage signals higher power costs and reliability risks for IT infrastructure in the region.

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MANILA, Philippines – Consumers in the Visayas may have to conserve more energy as the grid continues to suffer from tight electricity supply on Tuesday.

The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines placed the Visayas under yellow alert anew, from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.

READ: Visayas in dire need of new baseload power plants, says Garin

This, as major coal power plants remained offline, failing to deliver the needed supply amid an increase in power demand. The Department of Energy said on Monday that two of the coal facilities would return to commercial operations by August.