DOE Grid Status Update No. 2 (as of 4:00 PM)

June 2, 2021

TAGUIG CITY - The Department of Energy (DOE) is continuously monitoring the supply and demand situation in the Luzon Grid. 

Effective 3:21PM, the "RED ALERT" and "YELLOW ALERT" notice issued today has been lifted due to low system demand and synchronization of Sual Unit 2. The available capacity has improved with a net increase of up to 265 MW with the early entry of Sual Unit 2 despite the untimely forced outage of Pagbilao Unit 2.  

SUPPLY AND DEMAND FIGURES

The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) projected a total available capacity of 10,746 MW, relative to the projected peak demand of 10,505 MW as of 1:00PM today.

*Kindly refer to the accompanying table for the breakdown of powerplants in the Luzon Grid on Outage as of 4:00PM today (2 June 2021).*

• Total Planned outage = 435 MW

• Total Unplanned / Forced Outage = 1,314 MW

• Total Major Derating = 484 MW (Ilijan’s reduced output to 716 MW due to ongoing Malampaya gas restriction from 835 MW in the previous week)

Pagbilao Coal-Fired Power Plant Unit 2 (382 MW) is currently on forced outage as of 12:12PM today due to boiler waterwall tube leak. The DOE is now coordinating with the power plant regarding the status of restoration, whose target date of operation is June 6, 2021.

Sual Coal-fired Power Plant Unit 2 (647 MW) has synchronized to the grid at 2:21PM today. 

In order to address the high system demand in the Luzon grid, MERALCO called out its interruptible load program (ILP) participants to voluntarily deload from the grid during the red alert. As of 10:30AM, committed capacity is at 241.57 MW from 104 participating accounts.

WAY FORWARD

The DOE continues to monitor the power situation and will submit factual information for the consumers and the enforcement agencies, including the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), the Philippine Competition Commission and the Department of Justice, considering its long term strategy of addressing the power supply and demand situation during the summer season. It continues to remind the distribution utilities and the system operator of its contracting obligations to address the needed capacity increases for a reliable power system for its consumers.

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