Households in Luzon suffered sudden, widespread power interruptions on Monday following a major power line failure or tripping, causing supply shortage in many parts of the island where consumption of electricity has spiked due to the hot weather. |MegINQ
It also originally raised a red alert in the Luzon grid from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., but this was softened to a yellow alert following stabler supply. Available capacity as of this writing was 11,896 MW, while peak demand was 11,093 MW.
Power distributor Manila Electric Co. , which covers Metro Manila and nearby provinces, said it implemented manual load dropping, or rotating power interruptions, of up to two hours in parts of its franchise area “as instructed by NGCP and as part of our responsibility to manage the system.” The ILP allows the capacity from the grid that was to be supplied to big consumers to be redirected to thousands of households to spare them from longer power interruptions.According to the company, 321,705 of its customers in Metro Manila and the provinces of Rizal and Cavite were affected by power interruptions triggered by the red alert. Power was fully restored in these areas at 3:45 p.m. on Monday.
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