(The Philippine Star) | Updated July 30, 2016 - 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines -
Instances of yellow alert in the Luzon grid this week prompted the Department
of Energy (DOE) to ask the power regulator to investigate whether power players
employed anti-competitive behavior which led to deficient power supply.
The DOE has requested
the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to look into the recurring Yellow and
Red Alert Statuses raised in the Luzon grid from July 25 to 29.
DOE Secretary Alfonso
Cusi specifically asked ERC to look into whether there is the existence of an
anti-competitive behavior from industry players, which the power regulator is
already looking into.
On Friday, the National
Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) raised a red alert status in the Luzon
grid from 2 to 4pm due to severe power deficiency.
Meanwhile, it placed
the Luzon grid on yellow alert from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. and 7
p.m. “Luzon grid is on yellow alert due to lower level operating reserves and
will be degraded to red alert due to zero operating reserves brought about by
insufficient power supply,” NGCP said.
In a text message, Manila
Electric Co. (Meralco) senior vice president and head of utility economics
Larry Fernandez said the 382-MW Pagilbao power plant tripped this morning.
On its official Twitter
account, Meralco said several power plants are still on shutdown, namely the
647-MW Unit 2 of the Sual power plant, the 300-MW Unit 2 of the Calaca power
plant, the 262-MW Sta. Rita Mod. 20 plant, the 135-MW Unit 2 of the South Luzon
Thermal Corp. plant, the 60-MW Unit 2 of Limay power plant and the 50-MW Unit 2
of Angat hydroelectric power facility.
Unit 1 of the Calaca
coal-fired power plant still operates on limited output from 200 MW to 180 MW,
it said.
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