DAVAO
CITY, Dec. 7, 2015- Brownouts will likely continue but with lesser duration of
hours as Therma South Incorporated coal-fired plant went back online at around
12:16 am today (December 7.)
According
to Ross Luga, Davao Light and Power Company (DLPC) corporate communications
officer they were expecting that with the coal plant’s return brownouts would
cease.
However
as of 9:30 am this morning (Dec. 7) the National Grid Corporation of the
Philippines (NGCP) has imposed a 100 megawatt Mindanao-wide deficiency
affecting all distribution utilities in the island including DLPC.
The
deficiency is due to the emergency shutdown of one of the units of the Agus
Hydropower Plant and the derated capacity of Agus and Pulangi hydropower
plants.
From
a 207 megawatt out of the 273 MW contracted supply the power supply to DLPC has
been reduced to 176 MW.
This
deficiency translates to another round of rotating brownouts with a maximum duration
of 1.5 hours in the DLPC franchise. This is significantly lesser than the
3-hour rotating brownouts implemented last week.
For
schedule of the power interruptions, the DLPC is asking the customers to
contact the DLPC call center 229-3572 or on its website www.davaolight.com
Luga
said they are optimizing other sources of power like the TSI coal plant and the
Hedcor hydropower plants in Sibulan and Talomo, the Bajada power plant to
mitigate the curtailment. Another mitigation measure is its interruptible load
program (ILP) where large companies such as malls, factories and agricultural
industries are deloading power by using their own generators during peak hours.
The
ILP has contributed about 10 megawatt of power to the grid benefiting many
small consumers. One megawatt would spare about 4,000 households from power
interruptions. (PIA/RG Alama)
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