Sual plant to undergo maintenance shutdown

By Alena Mae S. Flores – April 28, 2023, 8:50 pm
from manilastandard.net

The Department of Energy said Friday Unit 1 of the 647-megawatt Sual coal-fired power plant will go on maintenance shutdown from April 29 to May 1, but assured there will be enough supply given the lower demand during the long weekend.

It said that if it allowed Sual to conduct the maintenance for seven-days from May 5 to 11 as requested, it would result in a possible yellow alert, or worst, red alert on Week 18 (May 1 to 7) and Week 19 (May 8 to 14).

The agency said the Sual plant would undergo the unplanned maintenance to resolve the build-up of a leak from the plant’s boiler tube and cleaning of the generator stator lot bar to rectify the increase in temperature.

This was agreed during the meeting among the DOE team, National Grid Corp. of the Philippines and TeaM Sual Corp. during the assessment meeting on April 25.

“As this would fall on a long weekend, the DOE is optimistic that there will be minimal or no power interruptions because the demand is low during this period,” the DOE said in a statement.