UPDATE: As of 5:00PM, red alert has been lifted by NGCP for the Luzon grid.
However, Luzon grid is still on yellow alert from 5:00PM- 8:00PM
Following a “brownout weekend” that affected millions of consumers, Luzon grid tumbled into new round of “red alert” due to confluence of factors ignited by transmission line tripping, forced outages of power plants and de-rating of electricity generation of some facilities. Power utility giant Manila Electric Company (Meralco) indicated that it already advised its interruptible load program (ILP) participants for them to switch on their generating units to ease strained capacity in the main grid. The generating facilities on unscheduled downtimes had been: Unit 1 of GNPower Dinginin plant of the Ayala-Aboitiz joint venture; Calaca-2 plant of the Consunji group; Masinloc 2 and 3 as well as Sual 1 and 2 plants of the San Miguel group; and the Quezon Power plant.
The affected customers are those in various parts of Metro Manila such as Caloocan, Makati, Manila, Muntinlupa, Paranaque, Pasay, Pasig, Pateros, Quezon City, Taguig as well as the provinces of Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, Rizal and Quezon. According to Meralco, more than 600,000 of its customers had been afflicted with brownout predicaments on Sunday – causing an inconvenience to the public while they are on their usual weekend break from work.
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