POSIBLENG maranasang muli ng mga residente sa mga lalawigang sakop ng Luzon ang rotational brownouts sa patuloy na pagnipis ng suplay sa Luzon grid ng National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP).
Ayon sa NGCP, wala naman umanong dapat ikabahala dahil sa mga remedial measures na ipinatutupad ng nasabing ahensya sa mga unang buwan ng taon hanggang sa ganap na pagpasok ng dry season kung saan higit na mataas anila ang demand ng kuryente sa merkado. Anila, inaasahan ang “total peak demand” na 12,387 MegaWatts (MW) para sa Luzon sa Mayo.
“This is an increase of 747MW from the actual 2021 peak load of 11,640MW recorded on May 28 last year,” saad ng kalatas ng NGCP.
“Thin operating margins (power in excess of demand, which is used to manage and balance the grid) is forecasted in the Luzon grid from April to June due to increase in demand during the summer which includes the critical election period,” dagdag ng NGCP.
Ayon pa sa nasabing ahensya, nakikipag-ugnayan na sila sa iba pang power industry stakeholders para sa taunang grid operating and maintenance program.
“NGCP coordinates the preparation and submission to the DOE of an annual grid operating and maintenance program (GOMP), which is the consolidated preventive maintenance schedules of power plants, considering the needed supply to meet the projected demand.” “In compliance with the directive of the DOE, no maintenance shutdowns were scheduled during the dry months,” dagdag na pahayag nito.
“NGCP, in compliance with its mandate, coordinated with the generation and distribution sectors so that we could optimize and rationalize our own maintenance schedules, to ensure sufficiency, at least on paper, of power supply throughout the year.”
