00:00The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines raises yellow and red alerts for the Luzon and
00:04Visayas grids for a third consecutive day Friday, May 15. This, as the Institute for Climate and
00:10Sustainable Cities says, the rotating blackouts highlight the systemic risks in concentrating
00:14power infrastructure in a few large facilities. As of May 15, 11.45am, the Luzon grid is on yellow
00:21alert from 1pm to 2pm and 11pm to 12am and on extended red alert from 2pm to 11pm. Meantime,
00:28as of 2.50pm the same day, the Visayas grid will be on yellow alert from 2pm to 3pm and
00:3310pm to 11pm
00:34and on red alert from 3pm to 10pm. The ICSC calls out the tripping of the Dasmariñas-Ilihan and the
00:41Tayabas-Ilihan transmission lines which caused the disconnection of around 2,500MW of electricity
00:46from the grid. While the transmission lines are brought back online, the ICSC points out
00:51the disconnected power plants were unable to resume power generation immediately.
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