The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has placed Luzon grid under Red and Yellow alerts on Monday due to limited power supply.
In a statement, the NGCP said the Yellow alert will take effect on Monday from 10 AM to 5PM, and 6 PM to 9 PM. It will then be placed on Red alert for an hour from 5 PM to 6 PM.
A yellow alert means that power reserves were below ideal levels while red alert indicates insufficient supply which can cause outages in select areas.
The NGCP said the available capacity was seen at 10,708 megawatts versus the peak demand of 10,246 megawatts.
"Six (6) power plants are on forced outage, while three (3) others are running on derated capacities, for a total of 2,648MW unavailable to the grid," the NGCP said.
