January-December 2015
Summary
- Peak demand growth rate in the Visayas Grid was recorded the highest at 8.1% compared to 2.4% and 3.3% growth for Luzon and Mindanao from 2014-2015.
- Coal maintained its largest share to the total installed capacity at 32%, dependable and available capacity at 34% and power generation mix at 45%.
- Due to Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) race, wind and solar grew in terms of total installed capacity at 50.9% (144 MW increase) and 616% (142 MW increase) respectively from 2014 to 2015.
- Electricity sales and consumption increased remarkably by 6.7% from 77,261 GWh in 2014 to 82,413 GWh in 2015.
- A total of 633 circuit-km of overhead transmission lines were completed and a total of 1,025 MVA additional capacities and 600 MVAR of reactive power support were installed from January to December 2015 Majority of these completed transmission projects are in the Luzon Grid.
| Grid | Installed Capacity |
Dependable Capacity |
Available Capacity |
Peak Demand |
Net Available Capacity |
| Luzon | 13,668 | 12,179 | 9,624 | 8,928 | 696 |
| Visayas | 2,683 | 2,228 | 2,001 | 1,768 | 233 |
| Mindanao | 2,414 | 2,025 | 1,563 | 1,517 | 46 |
| Total | 18,765 | 16,432 | 13,188 | 12,213 | 975 |
SIGNIFICANT INCIDENTS
- 19 February 2015 – Visayas Partial Blackout
- 15 March to 13 April 2015 – 2015 Malampaya Turnaround and the Projected Power Shortage
- El Niño Phenomenon starting March 2015
- 5 April 2015 – Mindanao Blackout
- June 2015 – Fire incident that affected the operations of KSPC
- October 2015 – Typhoon Lando
- Bombed and Toppled Transmission Towers in Mindanao in January, October, November and December 2015
A. INSTALLED, DEPENDABLE AND AVAILABLE CAPACITY
The Philippines’ total installed generating capacity continued to grow by 4.6% from 17,944 MW in 2014 to 18,765 MW in 2015 equivalent to 821 MW increase. Coal-fired power plants constitute the largest share in the installed and dependable capacity in 2015 at 32% and 34% respectively. Among renewable energy, hydro sources’ share remained the highest at 19% majority of which comes from the Mindanao Grid. With the FIT incentives and continued support of the DOE and energy agencies and stakeholders, Variable Renewable Energy (VRE) such as wind and solar grew remarkably by 50.9% (144 MW increase) and 616.0% (142 MW increase) respectively from 2014 to 2015 as shown in Figure 1.
The percent share on a per Grid basis remained unchanged over the years. In 2015, almost 75% of the total capacities was in... Read more