The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines has assured the public that it can accommodate an anticipated rise in power demand on May 3 when Manny Pacquiao gets to exchange blows with Britain’s Ricky Hatton.
According to NGCP, operator of the country’s electricity superhighway, historical data show that demand increases by as much as 100 megawatts (MW) whenever Filipino boxing champ Manny Pacquiao has a televised boxing fight.
Power consumption on Sunday is estimated to reach 5,400 MW, which is still lower than the available generation capacity of about 7,000 MW, the NGCP on Friday said.
“The rise is attributed to the increase in the number of television sets switched on for the Pacquiao fight,” NGCP explained in a statement. “TV sets can consume power from 130 to 380 watts, depending on the model.”
NGCP further noted that malls, movie houses and other commercial establishments also open for business at a much earlier time to accommodate customers who want to watch the fight “live” via satellite on big screens.
Carlito C. Claudio, NGCP vice president for systems operations, assured that the increase in demand could be handled by the so-called “load following” plants, which regulate and compensate fluctuations in load on a daily basis.
“We are prepared for the high power demand,” Claudio said.
“As a matter of fact, we attained the highest peak demand this year of 6,845 MW last April 16 without any customer experiencing load curtailment.
“As long as there are no unplanned outages of large generating units, we will be able to meet the system demand,” he added.
According to NGCP, operator of the country’s electricity superhighway, historical data show that demand increases by as much as 100 megawatts (MW) whenever Filipino boxing champ Manny Pacquiao has a televised boxing fight.
Power consumption on Sunday is estimated to reach 5,400 MW, which is still lower than the available generation capacity of about 7,000 MW, the NGCP on Friday said.
“The rise is attributed to the increase in the number of television sets switched on for the Pacquiao fight,” NGCP explained in a statement. “TV sets can consume power from 130 to 380 watts, depending on the model.”
NGCP further noted that malls, movie houses and other commercial establishments also open for business at a much earlier time to accommodate customers who want to watch the fight “live” via satellite on big screens.
Carlito C. Claudio, NGCP vice president for systems operations, assured that the increase in demand could be handled by the so-called “load following” plants, which regulate and compensate fluctuations in load on a daily basis.
“We are prepared for the high power demand,” Claudio said.
“As a matter of fact, we attained the highest peak demand this year of 6,845 MW last April 16 without any customer experiencing load curtailment.
“As long as there are no unplanned outages of large generating units, we will be able to meet the system demand,” he added.
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