At least half a million power consumers in Metro Manila and its nearby regions of Central Luzon and Calabarzon experienced brief power interruptions on Tuesday afternoon after a transmission line tripped in a natural gas-fired plant in Batangas province.
Meanwhile, a red alert is raised when the power supply is insufficient to meet consumer demand and the demand will most likely outstrip available generating capacity and cause power outages.The Department of Energy said the tripping, or power line failure, was reported in First Gen Corp.’s San Lorenzo natural gas plant modules 50 and 60, which have a combined capacity of 534 MW, in Batangas on Tuesday morning.
The line failure decreased the supply of power distributor Manila Electric Co. by 398 MW, resulting in an eight-minute automatic load dropping, or service interruptions due to abnormal grid conditions, in parts of Metro Manila and the provinces of Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, Rizal, and Quezon. ILP, a voluntary demand-side program, is critical in times of red alerts, or when power reserves are at a low and cannot meet demand, it said.Meralco’s ILP capacity is at 616 MW. This could be redirected to thousands of households to spare them from power interruptions.
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