Red, yellow alerts raised again over Visayas, Mindanao

MANILA, Philippines — The Visayas and Mindanao continue to face electricity supply issues, with new power alerts announced on Thursday.

The outages of some major coal power plants and limited imports from Mindanao have led to another red alert declaration for the Visayas grid from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. This marks Visayas’ fourth consecutive day of red alert.

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The Visayas grid will also be under yellow alert for several hours, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., and 8 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The grid operator will place the Mindanao grid under yellow alert during the following periods: 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., 12 p.m. to 4 p.m., and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

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In a yellow alert, the power supply can still meet demand, but it will serve as a warning that when a plant breaks down one way or another, it will result in brownouts. A red alert signals that the demand for power exceeds the supply, raising the risk of rotational brownouts unless we reduce demand. /pai