The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) advised of possible rotating brownouts this afternoon (May 31) as the Luzon Grid was placed on red alert between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.
The NGCP said the scheduled brownouts may be cancelled depending on certain conditions, such as the decline in demand.
Manual load dropping (MLD) may be implemented in the following areas:
From 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
- INEC (parts of Ilocos Norte)
- LUELCO (parts of La Union)
- ZAMECO I and ZAMECO II (parts of Zambales)
- QUEZELCO I (parts of Quezon)
- CANORECO (parts of Camarines Norte)
- APEC (parts of Albay)
- MERALCO (parts of Metro Manila)
A red alert status is raised when there is insufficient power supply in the grid. (NGCP)/AG-jlo
