Metro Manila, parts of Luzon hit by rotating brownouts
MANILA, Philippines - Residents in several areas of Metro Manila and parts of Luzon will experience rotating brownouts until 9 p.m. Monday due to the outage of a generation plant supplying power to Manila Electric Co. (Meralco).
Meralco started to implement manual load dropping at 1:38 p.m. because of insufficient power supply brought about by the outage of Sual plant unit 1 at 12:41 p.m.
Meralco said there was feedwater pump trouble at the plant, which has a generation capacity of 540 megawatts.
Meralco said that as of noon, Luzon grid required 4,328 megawatts but power supply only reached 4,028 megawatts due to the plant outage.
The National Grid Corporation of the Philipppines has put the whole Luzon grid on "red alert" due to the power deficiency.
Meralco said that it will continue to monitor the situation and provide timely updates. The company added that it will render electric service to customers inconvenienced by the lack of power supply.
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A DRY RUN?
I hope and pray that this is not a dry-run of what the Administration will do in May 10, 2010 election.
Akala ko ba may mga IPPs na hindi nagagamit ang full capacity to produce electricty? Hindi ba pwedeng ma-anticipate kung magkaroon ng insufficient power supply o kaya maactivate agad ang ibang power generation sources kung may anticipated shortage due to maintainance or sudden breakdown in some plants?
Hindi kaya ito ang patikim sa sinasabi ni Energy Secretary na energy problem?
We have a lot of questions and we can only speculate in their are no answers. Just like what is happening in the Villar ethics case before the Senate. We are trying to see the truth in darkness because the lights are switch-off by Villar.
As Expected
ilang araw na kasi na naka-yellow alert ang luzon grid dahil hindi na tumatakbo ang Limay Combined Cycle Power Plant. This power plant that operates on bunker fuel and diesel can resolve power outages during peak hours.
About 200+ employees and nanganganib na mawalan ng trabaho mula ng iprivatize ito ng PSALM/NAPOCOR nitong nakaraang buwan. Nabili naman ng San Miguel pero wala atang balak patakbuhin.
As expected, magkakaroon ng power interruptions.