Mindanao grid, nag-yellow alert sa unang pagkakataon ngayong tag-init

4/24/2024

Nakaranas na rin ng pagnipis ng kuryente sa Mindanao, kaya nagtaas ng yellow alert kanina bago bawiin pasado alas tres ng hapon. Nagtaas din ng red alert sa Luzon at Visayas kaya nagbabantay ang energy department kahit sa mga ospital.

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00:00 The current in Mindanao is also thinning, so the yellow alert went up earlier before it went down to 3 in the afternoon.

00:09 The red alert in Luzon and Visayas also went up, so the Energy Department is monitoring the hospitals.

00:17 This was reported by Mac Pulido.

00:19 As the weather gets hotter and the demand increases, the entire country is already affected by the brownout.

00:28 In the first instance of this heat, the current in Mindanao is also thinning.

00:34 There are still red and yellow alerts in Luzon and Visayas.

00:38 The peak demand in 2023 was higher than yesterday.

00:42 The peak demand in 2023 was 12,550 megawatts, yesterday 13,864 megawatts.

00:50 The demand was higher yesterday, and the NGCP's transmission line tripped, so four plants went offline.

00:58 Suddenly, the supply in Luzon was lacking.

01:00 Our consumption increased. We reached the highest peak for the year.

01:08 In fact, the highest peak for the year recorded last week was even higher than the day before.

01:15 Because of that, yellow alerts are still possible for the next few days.

01:18 Aside from the extreme heat effect on the power system, there are still plants that are offline amid the rising demand.

01:25 It is also unlikely that the excess current from Mindanao will be able to cross because the demand there is high.

01:31 We can see that we can cross this. Again, the yellow alert doesn't mean that we have a brownout.

01:40 But the current may increase.

01:42 Expensive power plants are using diesel or bunker fuel.

01:48 Generation Charge will also be affected if the Interruptible Load Program is implemented

01:52 so that the big customers like shopping malls will not be affected by the current.

01:56 The impact of no electricity is more expensive because even our production capacities are affected.

02:04 The Department of Energy is monitoring vital installations like hospitals,

02:09 like the East Avenue Medical Center in Quezon City, one of the largest hospitals in the country,

02:14 where 1,000 patients are confined.

02:17 In the emergency room alone, 300 patients are being treated every day.

02:21 That's why the hospital is urgently preparing its generators.

02:25 We have many critical patients whose health and life depends on machines,

02:34 life-saving machines that are also dependent on electricity.

02:38 For GMA Integrated News, Macky Pulido, for Tutok Tlaloc, 24 hours.

02:44 (music)

Mindanao grid, nag-yellow alert sa unang pagkakataon ngayong tag-init | 24 Oras

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