Luzon grid status, 8 May 2023

Red Alert

1:00PM-4:00PM

6:00PM-8:00PM

Yellow alert

4:00PM-6:00PM

Available Capacity – 12,186MW

Peak Demand – 12,468MW

Five (5) power plants are on forced outage, while three (3) others are running on derated capacities, for a total of 1,354MW unavailable to the grid.

A red alert status is issued when power supply is insufficient to meet consumer demand and the transmission grid’s regulating requirement.

A yellow alert is issued when the operating margin is insufficient to meet the transmission grid’s regulating and contingency requirement.