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2016-2020 Missionary Electrification Development Plan

Published on Thursday, 1 March 2018

The Department of Energy (DOE), in coordination with the Small Power Utilities Group of the National Power Corporation (NPC-SPUG), the National Electrification Administration (NEA), Distribution Utilities (DUs), New Power Providers (NPP), and Qualified Third Parties (QTP), pursuant to Rule 13 of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act No. 9136 or the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 (EPIRA), prepared the 2016-2020 Missionary Electrification Development Plan (2016 MEDP). It covers the development plans and programs of the Government to increase access to sustainable energy in off-grid areas in the country and improve the efficiency in the use of energy.

Consistent with the social and development agenda of the government, the 2016 MEDP outlines the various policies, plans and programs to expand electricity access and improve the electricity services in off-grid areas. It gives an update on the condition of missionary electrification and later on delineates the government’s plans of action and policy directions to ensure the provision of adequate, reliable, and efficient supply of electricity in the missionary areas.1 In particular, this MEDP addresses the pressing conditions and needed policies pertaining to the: (1) improvement of the Private Sector Participation (PSP) Program; (2) improvement of operations and services in missionary areas; (3) and the rationalization of Universal Charge for Missionary Electrification (UCME).

ISSN: 2599-5235    

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List of Existing Power Plants as of December 31, 2017

Published on Thursday, 1 March 2018

2017 List of Existing Power Plants per Grid:

2017 List of Existing Power Plants in Off-grid areas for Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao

2017 Installed and Dependable Capacity Mix:

NGCP Grid Operating and Maintenance Program (GOMP) and Weekly Operating Program (WOP)

Published on Wednesday, 14 February 2018

 

NGCP Grid Operating and Maintenance Program (GOMP)

The GOMP of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) contains the proposed three-year Planned/Maintenance Outages of grid and system operations-monitored power generation facilities (in consultation with the generating companies), information on the schedule of maintenance per unit/power plant as well as the overall weekly reserve profile per year per grid. It also contains the three-year maintenance program of the Transmission facilities of NGCP aligned to the Planned Outage of the power generation facilities.

Grid Operating and Maintenance Program (Three-year Planned Outages of Generation Facilities, Transmission Facilities, and Weekly Reserve Profile per grid)

NGCP Weekly Grid Operating Program (WOP)

WOP, on the other hand, is the weekly seven-day projection on the supply, demand and reserve of the three grids that is posted and regularly updated in the NGCP website.

Greening the Grid Report

Published on Tuesday, 6 February 2018

Executive Summary

The Republic of the Philippines is home to abundant solar, wind, and other renewable energy (RE) resources that contribute to the national government’s vision to ensure sustainable, secure, sufficient, accessible, and affordable energy. Because solar and wind energy increase variability and uncertainty in the power system, significant generation from these resources necessitates an evolution in power system planning and operation. To support Philippine power sector planners in evaluating the impacts and opportunities associated with achieving high levels of variable RE penetration, the Department of Energy of the Philippines (DOE) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have spearheaded this study, which seeks to characterize the operational impacts of reaching high solar and wind targets in the Philippine power system, with a specific focus on the integrated Luzon-Visayas grids.1

This study highlights five key findings:

  1. RE targets of 30% and 50% are achievable in the power system as planned for 2030. Achieving these high RE targets will likely involve changes to how the power system is operated.

  2. System flexibility will contribute to cost-effective integration of variable RE.

  3. Achieving high levels of solar and wind integration will require coordinated planning of generation and transmission development.

  4. Strategic, economic curtailments of solar and wind energy can enhance system flexibility.

  5. Reserve provision may become an issue regardless of RE penetration. Additional qualified reserve-providing facilities (QFs), including from solar and wind generators, and/or enhanced sharing of ancillary services between the Luzon and Visayas interconnections will likely be needed.

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1 This study was formalized via DOE’s issuance of Department Circular 2015-11-0017, “Creating a Technical Advisory Committee and Modeling Working Group to Enable Variable Renewable Energy Integration and Installation Targets” (DOE 2015).

List of Generating Companies Issued with Certificate of Endorsement (COE) as of November 2017

Published on Friday, 19 January 2018

View List of Generating Companies Issued with Certificate of Endorsement (COE) as of November 2017

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