Rotating Brownout in Luzon

Luzon residents will be experiencing rotating brownouts for two to three hours  twice a day starting this week due to power supply shortage, this was corroborated by both National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) and Manila Electric Company (Meralco).  Luzon grid is expected to fall short of its supply by February 16 due to lack of fuel inventory by MW Malaya plant operated by Korea Electric and Power Corp.  after said plant  was compelled to run last January when both  Sual and Limay plants shutdown.

Malaya would have been the back-up provider when MW Malampaya power facility will undergo preventive maintenance this week.  Likewise, the 620-Mega Watts Limay plant undergoes preventive maintenance and will only be able to resume by the end of the month.  Because of this, the Luzon Grid is on “yellow alert” which means that power reserve is already below the 1,200 MW requirements and will not be able to meet the power demand.

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Meralco Consumers to Get Lower Bill this January

Meralco consumers will see a slight decrease in their bill this January despite an increase of P1.4917/kwh for distribution, supply and metering charges being implemented by the company. A net cut is affected by lowering of the Power Acquisition Cost by the electric giant.

By computation, customers who consume up to 200kwh will see around P18.90 cut in their bill while those who consume 300kwh a month get P28.35. P47.80 less will be given to those who consume more than 400kwh.

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