The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has announced that the Visayas Grid will once again be placed under Yellow Alert status due to insufficient power supply.
The alert will be in effect from 5:00 p.m to 9:00 p.m. today.
According to the NGCP, eight power plants have been on forced outage this month.
In addition, eight other plants have remained on forced outage since May, one since March, three since 2025, and two since 2024, while several others have been unavailable since 2023 and 2021.
The grid operator also reported that 15 power plants are currently operating at reduced or derated capacities.
NGCP said the shortage in available supply has been aggravated by the unavailability of major coal-fired power plants in the Visayas, coupled with the expected increase in electricity demand.
