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The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines on Tuesday, April 16, issued a red alert notice for the Luzon grid from 2 pm to 9 pm, as 19 power plants were forced to shut down. This was extended to 11 pm due to two more plant outages.is issued when power supply is insufficient to meet consumer demand and the transmission grid’s regulating requirement. Rotational brownouts were intentionally done Tuesday to protect the integrity of the power system.
“Flexible work arrangements and other conservation measures would also be helpful. The extremely high temperatures have been affecting the operations of power plants in the grid,” Lotilla said.