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(a) | Accelerate the exploration and development of renewable energy resources such as, but not limited to, biomass, solar, wind, hydro, geothermal and ocean energy resources, including hybrid systems, to achieve energy self- reliance, through the adoption of sustainable energy development strategies to reduce the country’s dependence on fossil fuels and thereby minimize the country’s exposure to price fluctuations in the international markets, the effects of which spiral down to almost all sectors of the economy; |
(b) | Increase the utilization of renewable energy by institutionalizing the development of national and local capabilities in the use of renewable energy systems, and promoting its efficient and cost-effective commercial application by providing fiscal and non-fiscal incentives; and |
(c) | Encourage the development and utilization of renewable energy resources as tools to effectively prevent or reduce harmful emissions and thereby balance the goals of economic growth and development with the protection of health and the environment; |
AREA | DATE |
PEMC Offices, Ortigas Center, Pasig | 06 March 2014 |
Bacolod City | 04 April 2014 |
Mandaluyong City | 11 April 2014 |
(a) | Define Must Dispatch and Priority Dispatch pursuant to the RE Act including the high-level process for the qualification, certification, and registration of generating units designated as must dispatch and priority dispatch (collectively referred to as Preferential Dispatch Generating Units), and |
(b) | Provide the framework for the integration in the WESM of Preferential Dispatch Generating Units consistent with the goals of the EPIRA and the RE Act. |
(a) | Maintaining system security at all times; |
(b) | Maintaining economically efficient short-run dispatch of energy and ancillary services; and |
(c) | Holding WESM participants to account for what they are able to control. |
(a) | “Most Dispatch” is facilitated in the WESM by qualified and registered intermittent RE-based plants, whether or not under FlT system, such as wind, solar, run-of-river hydro, or ocean energy, according to the preference in the dispatch schedule whenever generation is available. The enjoyment of Must Dispatch by intermittent RE-based plants is based on the difficulty to precisely predict the availability of RE resource thereby melting the energy generated variable and irregular and the availability of resource inherently uncontrollable pursuant to Section 20 of the RE Act. |
(b) | “Priority Dispatch” means giving preference to biomass plants, under the FIT system, in the dispatch schedule pursuant to Section 7 of the RE Act. |
(a) | Undertake the necessary amendments in the WESM Rules and pertinent Market Manuals to implement Must Dispatch and Priority Dispatch of eligible renewable energy plants in the WESM; |
(b) | Formulate the procedures on the qualification and registration of Preferential Dispatch Generating Units in the WESM; |
(c) | Monitor the compliance of intermittent RE generation companies on the submission of projected output for each of its generating units pursuant to the WESM Rules and on the approved forecast accuracy standards consistent with the Philippine Grid Code (PGC). The annual compliance of the RE generation companies’ facilities on the forecast accuracy standards shall be reported by PEMC to the PEM Board and the DOE; |
(d) | Conduct information campaigns on the implementation of Must Dispatch and Priority Dispatch in the WESM; and |
(e) | Jointly with the NGCP, implement technical mitigation measures and improvements in the system in order to ensure safety and reliability of electricity transmission. |
(a) | Determine, through technical and economic analysis, the maximum penetration limit of intermittent RE-based power plants or Must Dispatch generating units to the grid, in consultation with stakeholders; |
(b) | Ensure maximum dispatch of generation from intermittent RE plants in accordance with the PGC, and subject to the availability of sufficient operating reserves. Towards this end, NGCP is enjoined to obtain sufficient operating reserves at all times. |
(c) | Jointly with the PEMC, implement technical mitigation measures and improvements in the system in order to ensure safety and reliability of electricity transmission: |
(d) | Require and witness the conduct of technical tests to ensure generators’ compliance with the performance standards as prescribed in the PGC; |
(e) | Produce and submit to the PEMC the RE aggregated generation forecast for each interconnected system it operates. These forecasts shall cover at least 24 hours and will be updated with the periodicity which the NGCP considers suitable but, at least, once every trading period as indicated in the WESM Rules; |
(f) | Endeavor to operate the Must Dispatch generating units in free active power production control mode. However, if the NGCP considers it necessary for redispatch in order to maintain the security and reliability of the grid, the NGCP may instruct intermittent RE-based generators to change the Active Power or immediate disconnection of their generators as prescribed in the PGC; |
(g) | Submit to PEMC an operational report including all instructions issued to the generators which resulted in a change in the active power production; and |
(h) | Determine and incorporate in the Transmission Development Plan the necessary upgrading of its transmission facilities to ensure non- discriminatory access of all grid-connected Preferential Dispatch Generating Units. |
a) | Determine and incorporate in the Distribution Development Plan the necessary upgrading of its distribution facilities to ensure non-discriminatory access of all embedded Preferential Dispatch Generating Units; and |
b) | Ensure that embedded Preferential Dispatch Generating Units shall be given priority to inject into the distribution network. |
(a) | The submission of projected output for each of its generating units for each trading interval in each trading day of the week in accordance with the timetable; |
(b) | The revision of projected output for any trading interval, if they no longer represent a reasonable estimate of: (i) the expected availability of the relevant generating unit for that trading interval; or (ii) the offers likely to apply for the real time dispatch optimization of that trading interval; and |
(c) | Other relevant provisions of the WESM Rules and its Market Manuals that may be established or revised in relation to the provisions of preferential dispatch. |
(a) | Minimum stable load or Pmin of all Conventional Generating Units; |
(b) | Must-Dispatch Generating Units; |
(c) | Priority Dispatch Generating Units: |
(d) | Non-scheduled Generating Units; and |
(e) | Scheduled Generating Units; |
(a) | Preferential Dispatch Generating Units under commissioning and testing; and |
(b) | Pro-rated sharing based on available transmission capacity and Day-Ahead Generation Forecast of all Preferential Dispatch Generating Units. |