Luzon grid under normal condition, DOE says

There will no brownouts to be expected on Tuesday as the Luzon power grid was placed under a normal condition.

In an advisory, the Department of Energy (DOE) said the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) has issued a normal condition for the grid.

It said this is due to the coming in of Sual Unit 1 with a capacity of 646 megawatts.

“A normal condition for the system means there will be no power interruptions,” the DOE said.

The Luzon grid has been under red and yellow alerts since last week due to unplanned outages of several power plants.

Meanwhile, the DOE said the following plants are on forced outage:

• SMCCPC Unit 2 (150 MW)
• SLPGC Unit 2 (150 MW)
• Pagbilao Unit 3 (420 MW)

The SCPC Unit is also derated from its declared capacity of 200 MW to only 100 MW.

“Any additional forced outage or de-ration of plants will worsen the situation, while more participation in the ILP (interruptible load program) or efficiency in the use of electricity by the consumers will help the system,” the DOE said.

The DOE said it will continue to update the public on further developments. —KBK, GMA News