Amid the summer heat, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) placed the Luzon grid on yellow and red alerts, with rotating brownouts lasting for less than an hour hitting Metro Manila and adjacent provinces as the island grappled with insufficient power supply.

In its advisory, the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) said on Monday it implemented rotational brownouts or manual load dropping (MLD) in portions of Metro Manila as well as provinces of Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, Quezon and Rizal.

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