As per reports, following are the updates on power plant shutdowns in Luzon and Visayas as on Wednesday (17 April).

• The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) on Tuesday (16 April) placed the Luzon grid on red and yellow alerts and the Visayas grid on yellow alert after 42 power plants either stopped supplying electricity or reduced their output.
• Major power plants in Luzon that went offline included two units of Pagbilao (382 MW each), Masinloc 1 (344 MW), Sta. Rita (264 MW), Southwest Luzon Power Generation Corp.’s unit 2 (150 MW) and two units of Kalayaan (180 MW each).
• In the Visayas, 13 power plants were on forced outage while five others were running below capacities with a total capacity of 779.5 MW.
• NGCP stated that the peak demand in Luzon was 13,024 MW while the available capacity was only 13,537 MW. In the Visayas, peak demand was at 2,440 MW as against the available capacity of 2,742 MW.
• The Department of Energy (DOE) stated that it was closely coordinating with all power stakeholders to ensure that appropriate measures were taken to minimise the impact during this period of extreme heat.