26/08/2026
VISAYAS GRID ALERT STATUS
Update as of 26 August 2026, 1PM
Red Alert
3:00PM- 9:00PM
Yellow Alert
1:00PM- 3:00PM
9:00PM- 11:00PM
Available Capacity - 2,237MW
Peak Demand - 2,530MW
12 plants are on forced outage on August 2026, 1 plant since July, 3 plants since June, 7 plants since May, 1 plant since March, 3 plants since 2025, 2 plants since 2024, 2 plants since 2023, and 1 plant since 2021, while 15 plants are running on derated capacities, for a total of 938.9MW unavailable to the grid.
Factor/s that contributed to the RED and YELLOW Alert declarations:
1. Unavailability of Visayas' large coal plants TVI 1, TVI 2, KSPC 1
�2. Limited power import from Mindanao (due to planned outage of TSI 1, emergency shutdown of Pulangi U1, 26-Aug at 8:33AM, tripping of STEAG 1, 26-Aug at 8:37AM).
A red alert status is issued when power supply is insufficient to meet consumer demand and the transmission grid’s regulating requirement.
A yellow alert is issued when the operating margin is insufficient to meet the transmission grid’s contingency requirement.