Extreme heat shuts power plants and risks blackouts


A heatwave in the Philippines forced power plants to shut down, 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 yesterday.

Uh-oh! Daily quota reached.


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