The National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) on Sunday announced plans to mobilize and use privately owned generators in every precinct cluster to ensure that power outages would not disrupt the automated elections on May 10.
An inventory of all power generators in the country is one of the key agenda items in a meeting of council officers and regional directors in Cebu City, said Defense Secretary Norberto Gonzales, who is also NDCC chair.
“We will be asking our people who have generators to register them with the NDCC so we can use them during the elections,” Gonzales said.
He noted that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) had already obtained backup generators for the balloting, but the NDCC saw the need to carry out parallel contingency preparations to allay fears of a failure of elections.
“We cannot afford to have a failure of election,” Gonzales said. “The government should exert all efforts to eliminate the possibility of a failure of elections.”
Critics say Gonzales and Gen. Delfin Bangit, the newly appointed chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, are behind a military plan to keep President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in office if the vote does not result in a new Chief Executive.
Gonzales and Bangit have dismissed the speculation amid concern over the purported inability of election officials to meet targets in preparations for the country’s first nationwide electronic vote.
Both Gonzales and Bangit have vowed to ensure a smooth transition of power when Ms Arroyo’s term ends on June 30.
Power deficiency
Gonzales said the NDCC was working on contingency measures to ensure that blackouts do not occur in Mindanao from May 8 to 12. One of them is to make sure that Lake Lanao is able to supply enough water for the hydropower plants during the election period, he said.
Early this month, Mindanao was placed under a state of calamity due to severe power deficiency as a result of El Niño phenomenon that continue to dry up rivers, lakes and dams.
The power shortage on the island, which is 55-percent dependent on hydropower for electricity, has resulted in eight- to 12-hour brownouts daily.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20100329-261379/Disaster-agency-to-tap-private-generator-sets-for-elections
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Monday, March 15, 2010
Dilapidated plant generators blamed for repeated power blackouts in Bali
Old and dilapidated generators in power plants are to blame for recurrent blackouts in Bali despite the completion of routine maintenance in Gilimanuk gas-powered electricity power plant, an official says.
The Bali branch of state electricity company PT PLN attributed decreasing power supply to technical disturbance in Gilimanuk power plant and faulty underwater transmission cables that supply power from Java's power plants to Bali.
Branch spokesperson Agung Mastika said disturbance also frequently occured in generators in Pesanggaran diesel-powered power plant in Denpasar and Pemaron gas-powered power plant in Buleleng.
"All the machines are very old, they were made in the 1970s. Although we have conducted routine maintenance, technical errors still occur, thus decreasing the power supply, and the only solution is to cut the power temporarily," he said, adding the older the machine was, the more fuel would be needed.
"A new car only needs a liter of gasoline to go 10 kilometers, while an old car needs several more liters to go through the same distance."
To supply electricity in Bali, PLN operates three power plants: Pesanggaran, Pemaron and Gilimanuk.
The Pesanggaran plant operates 15 generators with a total capacity of 182 MW, while the Pemaron plant has two machines with a capacity of 80 MW. The Gilimanuk plant in Jembrana only operates one machine with 130 MW.
With an additional 200 MW supplied from Java, the total power supply in Bali reaches 582 MW.
Mastika said the electricity usage in Bali was increasing, as indicated by the rising peak load, which has reached 515 MW.
"The old machines should be overhauled, in order to increase its capacity and reduce the risk of rotational blackouts. However, it needs a lot of money and it cannot be completed in short time."
PLN urged the provincial administration to create alternative energy sources, including by accelerating the ongoing Bali Crossing Transmission project, which could provide between 1,600 and 2,000 MW of power supply.
Mastika said that teams from his company and from the provincial administration have discussed the project and check the route. The project has been a subject of controversy since it is feared that it will disturb the ecosystem in the West Bali National Park in Jembrana.
Putu Armaya, head of Consumer Protection Foundation in Bali, said that the province should be self-reliance in providing energy.
"We cannot continue to rely on the existing supply. If the Bedugul project has been opposed and the progress of Bali Crossing project remains sluggish, then the provincial administration should find other solutions."
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/03/15/dilapidated-plant-generators-blamed-repeated-power-blackouts-bali.html
The Bali branch of state electricity company PT PLN attributed decreasing power supply to technical disturbance in Gilimanuk power plant and faulty underwater transmission cables that supply power from Java's power plants to Bali.
Branch spokesperson Agung Mastika said disturbance also frequently occured in generators in Pesanggaran diesel-powered power plant in Denpasar and Pemaron gas-powered power plant in Buleleng.
"All the machines are very old, they were made in the 1970s. Although we have conducted routine maintenance, technical errors still occur, thus decreasing the power supply, and the only solution is to cut the power temporarily," he said, adding the older the machine was, the more fuel would be needed.
"A new car only needs a liter of gasoline to go 10 kilometers, while an old car needs several more liters to go through the same distance."
To supply electricity in Bali, PLN operates three power plants: Pesanggaran, Pemaron and Gilimanuk.
The Pesanggaran plant operates 15 generators with a total capacity of 182 MW, while the Pemaron plant has two machines with a capacity of 80 MW. The Gilimanuk plant in Jembrana only operates one machine with 130 MW.
With an additional 200 MW supplied from Java, the total power supply in Bali reaches 582 MW.
Mastika said the electricity usage in Bali was increasing, as indicated by the rising peak load, which has reached 515 MW.
"The old machines should be overhauled, in order to increase its capacity and reduce the risk of rotational blackouts. However, it needs a lot of money and it cannot be completed in short time."
PLN urged the provincial administration to create alternative energy sources, including by accelerating the ongoing Bali Crossing Transmission project, which could provide between 1,600 and 2,000 MW of power supply.
Mastika said that teams from his company and from the provincial administration have discussed the project and check the route. The project has been a subject of controversy since it is feared that it will disturb the ecosystem in the West Bali National Park in Jembrana.
Putu Armaya, head of Consumer Protection Foundation in Bali, said that the province should be self-reliance in providing energy.
"We cannot continue to rely on the existing supply. If the Bedugul project has been opposed and the progress of Bali Crossing project remains sluggish, then the provincial administration should find other solutions."
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/03/15/dilapidated-plant-generators-blamed-repeated-power-blackouts-bali.html
Brownouts in Metro Manila avoided today
The Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) will no longer implement the one-hour rotating power interruptions in Metro Manila today, company spokesman Joe R. Zaldarriaga said this afternoon.
The brownouts have been averted after the 1,200 megawatt (MW) Ilijan plant shored in an additional 450 MW this morning and with the actual peak demand in the Luzon grid reduced by about 200 MW.
Jesusit H. Sulito, senior adviser to the president of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines, said the 1,200 MW Ilijan plant of Korea Electric Power Corp. is now generating 900 MWs for the Luzon grid.
The power interruptions in the Meralco franchise area, announced earlier, were originally scheduled to take place from 10 a.m. to 4
p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. -- Jose Bimbo F. Santos
http://www.bworldonline.com/main/content.php?id=7709
The brownouts have been averted after the 1,200 megawatt (MW) Ilijan plant shored in an additional 450 MW this morning and with the actual peak demand in the Luzon grid reduced by about 200 MW.
Jesusit H. Sulito, senior adviser to the president of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines, said the 1,200 MW Ilijan plant of Korea Electric Power Corp. is now generating 900 MWs for the Luzon grid.
The power interruptions in the Meralco franchise area, announced earlier, were originally scheduled to take place from 10 a.m. to 4
p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. -- Jose Bimbo F. Santos
http://www.bworldonline.com/main/content.php?id=7709
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Plant maintenance, dry spell mean power supply uncertain
LUZON’S POWER supply situation remains uncertain as many of the grid’s coal-fired plants are on "preventive maintenance" and hydropower facilities deal with below normal water levels.
Power outages hit Metro Manila and nearby provinces on Monday after a unit of the 1,000-megawatt (MW) Sual plant in Pangasinan conked out due to a technical problem.
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines declared a "red alert" as the incident cut reserves to zero, although officials yesterday said the situation was resolved late on Monday.
The Luzon grid, however, remains under "yellow alert", meaning reserves are dangerously low.
Semiconductor and Electronics Industry of the Philippines Inc. (SEIPI) chairman Arthur J. Young Jr. expressed concern over the supply situation.
"Obviously we lose productivity when power is down. The ’yellow alert’ level is a concern to us," said Mr. Young, whose organization represents firms responsible for the country’s main export.
NGCP, the private operator of the country’s transmission lines, said Sual’s Unit 1 came back online at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, with an initial load of 225 MW that was later increased to 531 MW.
The grid’s reserve level was said to be at 201 MW as of yesterday afternoon, well below the required 1,000 MW. A total capacity of 6,521 MW was said to be available, with peak demand estimated at 6,320 MW.
Officials said one reason for the thin reserve was the fact that many of the grid’s coal plants are under preventive maintenance. These include Quezon Power’s 460-MW facility, Ilijan’s 600-MW Block B unit, and the 620-MW Limay plant. NGCP also reported that a 200-MW unit of the 600-MW Calaca plant was down due to a boiler tube leak.
Even before the tripping of Sual’s Unit 1, the plant’s 647-MW Unit 2 was shut down last Jan. 8 due to a coal supply shortage.
Energy secretary Angelo T. Reyes said many plants are under preventive maintenance in preparation for the May national elections.
"The power plants have scheduled their maintenance shutdowns to avoid scheduling them during elections," he said in a statement.
"We are just making sure. We don’t want any reason or whatsoever that these power generators will go on maintenance shutdown during the elections. So they moved forward all of their maintenance shutdowns to avoid making excuses during the elections."
Adding to the low supply in the Luzon grid are low water levels that have curbed output from hydropower plants on the island.
National Power Corp. (Napocor) data show that water levels at the 200-MW Angat, 75-MW Ambuklao, 100-MW Binga, 23.50-MW Caliraya, 360-MW Magat, 100-MW Pantabangan, and the 345-MW San Roque are all under the "rule curve" -- below that required.
Napocor spokesman Dennis S. Gana declined to state how output had been affected.
"There is nothing constant in this as there are many factors. But we now cannot use the dams as much as we could (sic)," Mr. Gana said.
Power generation is also not a priority for a multipurpose facility like Angat as drinking water comes first and irrigation is second.
Carlito C. Claudio, deputy assistant chief technical officer of NGCP, said the "yellow alert" level would be lifted on Feb. 9, a day after an expected coal shipment for Sual’s Unit 2 arrives.
"Early part of February, by [the] 9[th], our situation will be okay," Mr. Claudio said in a telephone interview.
The "yellow alert" status means outages for consumers should one of the remaining plants in operation trip.
Jesusito H. Sulit, senior adviser to the NGCP president, claimed Luzon power supply would stabilize by the end of the month. He said Ilijan’s two 200-MW gas turbines would go online on Jan. 29 while the plant’s 200-MW steam turbine was scheduled to go onstream two days later.
SEIPI’s Mr. Young, meanwhile, said they were coordinating with Manila Electric Co. regarding power supply updates.
"All we can do is to ensure that our backup power is in good condition," he said.
http://www.bworldonline.com/main/content.php?id=5271
Power outages hit Metro Manila and nearby provinces on Monday after a unit of the 1,000-megawatt (MW) Sual plant in Pangasinan conked out due to a technical problem.
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines declared a "red alert" as the incident cut reserves to zero, although officials yesterday said the situation was resolved late on Monday.
The Luzon grid, however, remains under "yellow alert", meaning reserves are dangerously low.
Semiconductor and Electronics Industry of the Philippines Inc. (SEIPI) chairman Arthur J. Young Jr. expressed concern over the supply situation.
"Obviously we lose productivity when power is down. The ’yellow alert’ level is a concern to us," said Mr. Young, whose organization represents firms responsible for the country’s main export.
NGCP, the private operator of the country’s transmission lines, said Sual’s Unit 1 came back online at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, with an initial load of 225 MW that was later increased to 531 MW.
The grid’s reserve level was said to be at 201 MW as of yesterday afternoon, well below the required 1,000 MW. A total capacity of 6,521 MW was said to be available, with peak demand estimated at 6,320 MW.
Officials said one reason for the thin reserve was the fact that many of the grid’s coal plants are under preventive maintenance. These include Quezon Power’s 460-MW facility, Ilijan’s 600-MW Block B unit, and the 620-MW Limay plant. NGCP also reported that a 200-MW unit of the 600-MW Calaca plant was down due to a boiler tube leak.
Even before the tripping of Sual’s Unit 1, the plant’s 647-MW Unit 2 was shut down last Jan. 8 due to a coal supply shortage.
Energy secretary Angelo T. Reyes said many plants are under preventive maintenance in preparation for the May national elections.
"The power plants have scheduled their maintenance shutdowns to avoid scheduling them during elections," he said in a statement.
"We are just making sure. We don’t want any reason or whatsoever that these power generators will go on maintenance shutdown during the elections. So they moved forward all of their maintenance shutdowns to avoid making excuses during the elections."
Adding to the low supply in the Luzon grid are low water levels that have curbed output from hydropower plants on the island.
National Power Corp. (Napocor) data show that water levels at the 200-MW Angat, 75-MW Ambuklao, 100-MW Binga, 23.50-MW Caliraya, 360-MW Magat, 100-MW Pantabangan, and the 345-MW San Roque are all under the "rule curve" -- below that required.
Napocor spokesman Dennis S. Gana declined to state how output had been affected.
"There is nothing constant in this as there are many factors. But we now cannot use the dams as much as we could (sic)," Mr. Gana said.
Power generation is also not a priority for a multipurpose facility like Angat as drinking water comes first and irrigation is second.
Carlito C. Claudio, deputy assistant chief technical officer of NGCP, said the "yellow alert" level would be lifted on Feb. 9, a day after an expected coal shipment for Sual’s Unit 2 arrives.
"Early part of February, by [the] 9[th], our situation will be okay," Mr. Claudio said in a telephone interview.
The "yellow alert" status means outages for consumers should one of the remaining plants in operation trip.
Jesusito H. Sulit, senior adviser to the NGCP president, claimed Luzon power supply would stabilize by the end of the month. He said Ilijan’s two 200-MW gas turbines would go online on Jan. 29 while the plant’s 200-MW steam turbine was scheduled to go onstream two days later.
SEIPI’s Mr. Young, meanwhile, said they were coordinating with Manila Electric Co. regarding power supply updates.
"All we can do is to ensure that our backup power is in good condition," he said.
http://www.bworldonline.com/main/content.php?id=5271
Friday, December 25, 2009
States clamp down on power exports
Anil Sasi
New Delhi, Dec. 25
Reforms in the power sector remain stymied though the path-breaking Electricity Act, 2003 promised to usher in a free market as most States are stubbornly refusing to play ball.
A number of State governments are using all possible means to restrict supply of power outside their boundaries. Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Orissa and Rajasthan have issued orders invoking emergency provisions under the Electricity Act to stymie open access, which goes against the very spirit of the reformist legislation.
The provision of open access enables power generators to cherry-pick consumers while allowing users to migrate to power suppliers of their choice.
A majority of these States have issued restrictive orders this year to prevent captive units and private plants from selling electricity outside their boundaries on the grounds of a power deficit in the respective State.
The curbs on wheeling of power outside the State have mostly been invoked under Section 11 and 108 of the Act.
“The issue has been brought to the notice of the Central Government, the Planning Commission and the Central Electricity Authority by some IPPs (independent power projects, that is, private project developers). Providing non-discriminatory open access to transmission and distribution systems is necessary for inter-State sale of power, market development and protecting the interest of the consumer. We are taking up the issue with the concerned States in strong terms,” a senior official with the Power Ministry said.
The Electricity Act has given powers to the State Governments under “extraordinary circumstances” to give directions to the generating stations to clamp supplies outside the State. These circumstances have been defined in the law to mean “circumstances arising out of threat to the security of the state, public order or a natural calamity or such circumstances arising in public interest”.
“It is these provisions that are being misused. Except for irregular monsoons, clearly nothing adverse has taken place across any of these States to necessitate the invoking of the restrictive measures,” an official from the CEA said.
By using the restrictive provisions, most States are permitting sale of power in the short-term market only when certain quantity of surplus from captive power plants is supplied to the State grid. Depending upon the requirement of a State, sellers are either denied power during evening peak hours or, in some cases, allowed after committing some quantity of power round-the-clock to the State grid.
Other roadblocks in the market development are high transmission charges for the use of State network and cross-subsidy surcharges imposed on the industrial consumers for getting the open access facility.
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2009/12/26/stories/2009122652420100.htm
Friday, November 13, 2009
Somany Ceramics augments captive power generation capacity at its Kassar plant
Adds additional 3MW captive power generators
New Delhi - November 12: Somany Ceramics Ltd., one of the leading tile manufacturers in India, today announced its plans to enhance its captive power generation by 3 MW at its manufacturing unit in Kassar, Haryana, in order to ensure uninterrupted power supply. The company has entered into a long term agreement with GAIL for the required quantity of natural gas annually for running these generators.
The irregular power supply tends to affect the temperature of the kiln which has a direct relation with the quality of the products. Thus, the uninterrupted power supply will help in reducing the production loss.
The company earlier had capacity of 2MW power generation by using natural gas and with this the company's total captive power generation will increase to 5 MW. In addition to setting up the power generators, Somany Ceramics will simultaneously install equipments for full utilization of the waste heat generated from these generators.
Somany Ceramics expects improvement in its bottom line by about Rs. 600 lacs annually beginning from the next financial year on account of saving in power and fuel costs, improvement in output and the quality of the products.
The generators and heat recovery systems are scheduled for commissioning towards the end of the current financial year.
The stock closed the day at Rs.114.45, up by Rs.5.45 or 5%. The stock hit an intraday high of Rs.114.45 and low of Rs.108.
The total traded quantity was 425 compared to 2 week average of 1872.
http://www.equitybulls.com/admin/news2006/news_det.asp?id=63815
New Delhi - November 12: Somany Ceramics Ltd., one of the leading tile manufacturers in India, today announced its plans to enhance its captive power generation by 3 MW at its manufacturing unit in Kassar, Haryana, in order to ensure uninterrupted power supply. The company has entered into a long term agreement with GAIL for the required quantity of natural gas annually for running these generators.
The irregular power supply tends to affect the temperature of the kiln which has a direct relation with the quality of the products. Thus, the uninterrupted power supply will help in reducing the production loss.
The company earlier had capacity of 2MW power generation by using natural gas and with this the company's total captive power generation will increase to 5 MW. In addition to setting up the power generators, Somany Ceramics will simultaneously install equipments for full utilization of the waste heat generated from these generators.
Somany Ceramics expects improvement in its bottom line by about Rs. 600 lacs annually beginning from the next financial year on account of saving in power and fuel costs, improvement in output and the quality of the products.
The generators and heat recovery systems are scheduled for commissioning towards the end of the current financial year.
The stock closed the day at Rs.114.45, up by Rs.5.45 or 5%. The stock hit an intraday high of Rs.114.45 and low of Rs.108.
The total traded quantity was 425 compared to 2 week average of 1872.
http://www.equitybulls.com/admin/news2006/news_det.asp?id=63815
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