Philippine Power Demand-Supply Situation remained stable in the First Quarter of 2016 despite the onset of strong El Niño which generally resulted in increased peak demand levels in the three Grids. On the supply side, hydro capacities especially in Mindanao decreased. Several yellow and red alerts were declared by the system operator in Luzon and Visayas during the summer period of April to May 2016. However, the Energy Sector’s El Niño Mitigation Measures alongside with the preparation for the 09 May 2016 National and Local Elections stabilized the power situation during the critical periods. These measures include the activation of the Interruptible Load Program (ILP), ensuring minimal forced outages, management of power plant maintenance schedules and optimization of hydro capacities specifically in Mindanao.

Note: Due to rounding totals may not correspond to the sum of all figures

Definition of Terms

Installed Capacity

• maximum amount of electricity that the power plant can produce
• total manufacturer-rated capacity of equipment (as indicated in the nameplate)

Dependable Capacity

• load carrying ability of an electric power plant or a generating unit
• capacity that can be relied upon (monthly or annually)

Available Capacity

• current available capacity of an electric power plant
• ability of a power plant or a generating unit to produce electricity in a certain time period (hourly or daily)

Gross Generation - total generation of electricity by an electrical power plant

Peak Demand - maximum electrical demand occurring at any given period of time

Electricity Sales - actual energy sold by Distribution Utilities (DUs) to the residential, commercial, industrial and others sectors

Electricity Consumption - electricity sales plus the own-use consumption of power plant and systems loss

Committed Power Projects - private sector initiated power projects which have already secured financial closing

Indicative Power Projects - private sector initiated projects which have already applied for DOE Endorsement for the conduct of the System Impact Study (SIS) and yet to secure financial closing

Interruptible Load Program – a demand-side management program which allows big end-users to disconnect from the grid, use their own generators, and get an ERC-approved compensation

January - June 2016 Philippine Power Demand

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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.

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

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