Luzon wide power outage!

[niky]

We got light before sunset, thankfully.

[testament11]

Experienced low voltage (~200V) kanina pero hindi nawalan ng kuryente sa planta namin. Dito sa bahay sa Bulacan naman eh 6PM, down na ang electricity.

Ang sinasabi ni Shadow na malaking planta na nag-down ay yun pinakamalaking coal plant , which is Sual. That alone eh malaki agad ang binibigay na power sa grid. The other 4 na nagdown ay maliliit lang (2 plants were using gas, which were owned by the Lopez). Yun dalawa ay wala akong info.

Siguro its time na rin to do a study on a nuclear power plant.

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[Galactus]

Masuwerte kami dito sa Cubao, we weren't affected by the brownout. But while we were having lunch at 2nd's Restaurant (12nn to 2:30pm), the power went out and the place was running on standby gensets.

Grabe yung init, so we hightailed it out of there.

[shadow]

Bakit madami pa rin areas na blackout?


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[uls]

Those areas in MM that lost power ang supplied ng 4 plants? Is that how it works?

all those power plants supply the Luzon grid

supply is very tight... very little supply margin

when one plant goes out demand overwhelms supply

maybe they havent restored all of them yet kaya meron rotating brownout

[lowslowbenz]

Parang puro south walang kuryente.

So Cavite still has no power? My goodness, paano ako matutulog nito mamaya? Ako lang mag-isa sa bahay!

Malamang sa loob ako ng kotse matutulog nito ... aircon eh.

[_Cathy_]

all those power plants supply the Luzon grid

supply is very tight... very little supply margin

when one plant goes out demand overwhelms supply

maybe they havent restored all of them yet kaya meron rotating browunout

I wonder how long it would take to have all 4 plants up and running again. Ang hirap sa areas na brownout, ang init pa naman.

[renzo_d10]

So Cavite still has no power? My goodness, paano ako matutulog nito mamaya? Ako lang mag-isa sa bahay!

Malamang sa loob ako ng kotse matutulog nito ... aircon eh.

Not sure kung wala.

Yun bahay namin down south meron naman.

Lakas sa gas pag sa kotse, better rent out a room nalang. SOGO... Alone.

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[Monseratto]

Blackout Hits Manila as Six Power Plants Shut in Philippines - Bloomberg

Blackout Hits Manila as Six Power Plants Shut in Philippines
By Clarissa Batino & Norman P. Aquino - May 8, 2013 7:39 PM GMT+0800


Manila and almost half the largest island in the Philippines suffered a blackout after six power plants shut down.

A “tripping” of transmission lines triggered failures at plants with a combined output of 3,700 megawatts, Energy Secretary Jericho Petilla told reporters today in Manila. National Grid Corp. of the Philippines, which operates the transmission lines, said it was caused by a “generation deficiency.”

The power stations, including the Sual coal plant and Ilijan gas plant managed by San Miguel Corp., supply about 45 percent of the peak-power requirements of Luzon, home to more than 44 million people. Transmission lines and power is expected to be fully restored by midnight, National Grid spokeswoman Cynthia Alabanza said today at a briefing.

About three-quarters of Luzon already has power, and electricity in 89 percent of Manila Electric’s more than 5.1 million customers had been restored, she said.

The shutdown was caused by an “external grid event,” said Julicer Alvis, a manager for the Sta. Rita and San Lorenzo plants.

Petilla ruled out sabotage and said the power outage was likely the result of transmission failures. “The likelihood of five power plants bogging down is extremely unlikely,” Petilla said. “It’s the lines that caused the brownouts.”

The blackout started at 2 p.m. and affected about 40 percent of the franchise area of Manila Electric Co. (MER), the nation’s biggest power retailer, according to spokesman Joe Zaldarriaga.

[uls]

I wonder how long it would take to have all 4 plants up and running again. Ang hirap sa areas na brownout, ang init pa naman.

di lang 4 or 5 power plants supply the Luzon grid. it's more than that

pero, in short, even if all plants are working there's very little excess supply

pag bagsak ng isa kulang na

so to manage the situation they have to rotate where they supply power