Brownouts threaten Visayas power consumers on Aug. 12

MANILA, Philippines — Visayas consumers may face brownouts on Wednesday as a six-hour red alert is raised amid coal plant outages and limited Mindanao imports.

In an advisory on Wednesday afternoon, the red alert would be up from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.

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A yellow alert would also be in effect from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., and 9 p.m. to 10 p.m.

As of 1:30 p.m., the available capacity was tight at 2,191 megawatts (MW) while the peak demand was 2,420 MW.

A Yellow Alert is declared when operating reserves fall below the required level, signaling a tightening power supply. A Red Alert is issued when available generation cannot meet demand, raising the possibility of rotational power interruptions to maintain grid stability. /pai