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A yellow alert has been raised for the Visayas power grid for Wednesday afternoon and evening amid forced outages of several power plants, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines said. In its 7 a.m. update, the NGCP said the yellow alert is effective from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.According to the NGCP , there is a significant number of plants on unplanned or forced outages and derated capacities amid high system demand.
“Eleven plants have been on forced outage from April to August and six other power plants out since 2023; while four are running on derated capacities, for a total of 725.2MW unavailable to the grid,” the NGCP said. The Visayas grid is composed of the interconnected island grids of Cebu, Negros, Panay, Leyte, Samar, and Bohol. It accounts for 14% of the country's power demand, according to the NGCP website.
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