17/04/2026
LUZON GRID ALERT STATUS
as of 16 April 2026, 5PM
𝐘𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭
4:00PM-10:00PM
Capacity - 12,223MW
Demand - 11,966MW
35 plants are on forced outage; while 14 are running on derated capacities, for a total of 5137.2MW unavailable to the grid.
Factors that contributed to the raising of yellow alert:
- tripping of EERI 1, 2, 3; Ilijan Block A; and Ilijan Block B
- unavailability of hydro plants (Magat 1, 2, 3, 4)
A yellow alert is issued when the operating margin is insufficient to meet the transmission grid’s contingency requirement.