Extreme Heat Shuts Philippine Power Plants and Risks Blackouts
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A heat wave in the Philippines forced power plants to shut down on Tuesday, placing the country at risk of blackouts and prompting the government to call on people to reduce consumption.
Nineteen generators are offline, while three others are running on reduced capacity, on the main Luzon Island, the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines said in a post on its Facebook page. The grid has been placed on red alert for the first time in almost a year, meaning supply is seen as insufficient to meet demand, it said.