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NGCP places Visayas grid under ‘yellow alert’
MANILA, Philippines — The Visayas grid has been placed under yellow alert on Tuesday due to the forced outage of two power facilities, the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) said. In an advisory, the NGCP said the grid would be under the alert status from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. READ: Visayas grid under ‘yellow alert’ amid rising power load In a yellow alert, the power supply can still meet demand. However, it will serve as a warning that …
NGCP puts Visayas grid on yellow alert
The Visayas Grid was placed on yellow alert on Tuesday afternoon after a power plant was forced offline, adding to previously outaged facilities and others operating at reduced capacity, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) said.
On January 20, 2026 at 5:00 PM, it was announced that the Visayas power grid was on Yellow Alert from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM. At that time, the available power in the Visayas was 2,403 megawatts (MW), while the peak demand reached 2,284 MW. Although the difference is close, the reserve is not enough in case of a sudden problem in the power supply. According to the report, 10 power plants were affected by forced outages this January, while 21 plants …
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