LUZON POWER GRID ON ‘YELLOW ALERT’

SUMMARY

• Last Friday, the Luzon Power grid was placed on "yellow alert"
• This means that the required power reserve is below than 647 megawatts.

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• This was from the shuting down of power plants for maintenance like Malampaya, Calaca power plant, Malaya thermal facility, Quezon Power plant, and Japanese-led TeaM Energy Philippines

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• To solve this Meralco is prepared to launch the Interruptible Load Program (ILP), under which volunteer firms will use their generation sets to ease demand from the grid.
• This can deload 900 megawatts

5 W'S AND H

• What: the PH power grid on yellow alert
• When: last friday
• Where: Philippine power plants
• Why: the shutting down of power plants for maintenance
• How: the launching of ILP to ease power loss

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