by Myrna Velasco June 14, 2016
(updated)
The Department of Energy (DOE) is
strategizing on power plant shutdown schedules so the recurrent threats of
“yellow alert” conditions can be addressed and not descend into unwanted
rolling brownouts.
Energy Secretary Zenaida Y. Monsada
told reporters that there had been strikes of “yellow alert” incidents due to
forced outages in power plants from last weekend.
Under such state, the power grid of
Luzon teetered on very thin reserves that if further technical glitches could
be experienced in other plants, power interruptions could be triggered.
It is for this reason also that
Bayan Representative Neri Colmenares had called on the incoming administration
to prioritize resolving the issues of the power sector, noting that
President-elect Rodrigo Duterte himself ‘experienced energy problems’ in his
Mindanao domain.
As this developed, the energy
department was expecting grid synchronization of the 460-megawatt Quezon power
plant on Tuesday (June 14) from forced outage last June 11 (Saturday).
Monsada noted that if the Quezon
power plant could revert back to operation as targeted, Luzon grid would be on
safer ground supply-wise.
The other power plants that tripped
had been one unit of the 1,200-megawatt Sual coal-fired power plant in
Pangasinan; while the capacity of Calaca Unit-1 had been de-rated to 180MW.
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