posted April 17, 2016 at 11:50 pm by Alena Mae S. Flores
Luzon is forecast to have adequate
gross reserves of about 1,463 megawatts today but Visayas is expected to
register thin reserves of 6 MW, according to the power situation outlook of
National Grid Corp.
National Grid, which operates the
country’s power grid, said Luzon would have an available capacity of 11,045 MW
on Monday against the peak demand of 9,582 MW.
National Grid, however, said the
figures were “subject to change depending on actual conditions.”
Visayas will have a peak demand of
1,750 MW versus the available capacity of 1,756 MW.
Viyasas’ generation capacity has
been tight due to the derated supply from several power plants, namely 164 MW
from 164 MW, 70 MW from the Leyte Geothermal Power Plant and 408 MW from Energy
Development Corp.
Mindanao is forecast to continue to
suffer power outages resulting from a generation deficiency of 22 MW.
Mindanao is seen to have an
available capacity of 1,437 MW on Monday versus the system peak of 1,459
MW.
Mindanao needs an additional
capacity of 500 megawatts this year as the region’s electricity demand surges
due to rapid economic growth in recent years.
Romeo Montenegro, director for
investment promotions, international relations and public affairs of the
Mindanao Development Authority, said Mindanao had been enjoying a robust
economic performance in recent years, contributing 20.7 percent to the national
economy in 2014.
The Energy Department, meanwhile,
lauded participants of the Interruptible Load Program for their cooperation in
hurdling a critical power supply situation in Luzon on Friday.
Under the ILP, big load customers of
distribution utilities and electric cooperatives registered in the program run
their stand-by generation sets in times of energy supply deficiency to prevent
outages.
The ILP was implemented in the
Meralco area on April 15 to stabilize the power supply situation following the
“red alert” notice of NGCP from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Friday last week.
“With ILP, the peak demand was
arrested at a lower level of 9,416 MW. A total of 247 MW of power was deloaded
from 121 participants, so an estimated 290,000 customers in Metro Manila and
nearby provinces were spared of rotating brownouts,” it said.
The high and increasing heat index
triggered the unusual rise in demand for power, where requirement in Luzon
alone reached around 9,700 MW to breach historical records.
“In this line, the DoE earnestly
calls on the cooperation of electricity consumers to be efficient users not
only during the summer period, but all throughout the year. Historically, power
consumption spikes during hot summer months as more consumers spend time in
their homes and use cooling equipment to make them feel comfortable,” it said.
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