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ResolutionNo 15seriesof2014
ResolutionNo 15seriesof2014
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RESOLUTION NO. __ , SERIES OF 2014
WHEREAS, on May 28, 2014, the DMC submitted the final draft of
the proposed "Philippine Small Grid Dispatch Protocol" to the ERC for its
approval;
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Commissioner
This Protocol consolidates the procedures and associated forms, standards, and
policies that define certain elements relating to the operation of the Small Grid. This
Protocol does not address the commercial aspects of the Small Grid operation.
2.1. Purpose
2.2. Scope
2.2.1. This Protocol shall apply to the following entities within the Small Grid:
a. System Operator;
c. Distribution Utilities;
d. Generators;
e. NPC-SPUG; and
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3. General Requirements
3.2. The Small Grid Owner shall establish communication facilities to allow
coordination between the Small Grid Owner and the System Operator.
3.3. If these facilities fail, the System Operator and all affected parties shall
expeditiously try to establish contact via any other feasible medium (fax, cellular
telephone, satellite phone, e-mail, etc.).
3.4.1. The Distribution Utility with the highest demand and/or has engaged
contract with the highest generating capability in the Small Grid area
coverage shall establish a Central Dispatch Office and shall act as the
System Operator; and
3.4.2. Other Distribution Utilities (Le. within the same area coverage but not
connected to the Small Grid) with less demand and/or have engaged
contract with less generating capability, may act as the local System
Operator and shall receive instructions from the System Operator to
operate their respective area of coverage, 24 hours a day and seven
days a week.
4. Operational Responsibilities
4.1.5. Ensuring the overall security of the Small Grid during the
implementation of the Day-Ahead Dispatch Schedule;
4.1.7. Operating and maintaining power quality in the Small Grid during
normal conditions, in accordance with the provision of Article 6.2.1.1 of
the PSGG, and proposing solutions to power quality problems;
4.1.10. Preparing, together with the Small Grid Owner, the Small Grid
Operating and Maintenance Program; and
4.2.1. Providing the System Operator with data on the availability and
operating status of Small Grid facilities and equipment to be used in
determining the constraints of the Small Grid for Scheduling and
Dispatch;
4.2.2. Providing and maintaining all Small Grid equipment and facilities,
including those required for maintaining power quality;
4.2.4. Ensuring that safe and economic Small Grid operating procedures are
always followed;
4.2.5. Preparing, together with the System Operator, the Small Grid Operating
and Maintenance Program; and
4.2.6. Executing the instructions of the System Operator during normal and
emergency conditions.
4.3. Generator
4.3.2. Maintaining its Generating Units to fully deliver the capabilities declared
in its Connection Agreement or amended Connection Agreement;
4.3.4. Ensuring that its Generating Units can provide the necessary services
when scheduled or instructed by the System Operator to do so;
4.3.5. Providing accurate and timely planning and operations data to the Small
Grid Owner and the System Operator;
4.3.6. Ensuring that its Generating Units will not disconnect from the Small Grid
during disturbances, except when the frequency and/or Voltage Variation
would damage Generator's equipment, or when the System Operator
has agreed for the Generator to do so; and
4.4.4 Informing the System Operator of any event that would result in, or
have resulted to, the non-compliance of a Generator within its
Distribution System with its Day-Ahead Dispatch Schedule generated
by the System Operator;
4.4.5 Coordinating with the System Operator in maintaining the security and
reliability of the Small Grid;
4.4.7 Ensuring that its power system will not cause the degradation of the
Small Grid. The Distribution Utility shall also be responsible for
undertaking all necessary measures to remedy any degradation of the
Small Grid that its system has caused;
4.4.10 Coordinating and implementing with the Small Grid Owner all Dispatch
Instructions of the System Operator pertaining to the implementation of
demand control during an emergency situation.
5.1.1.2. The Small Grid shall be considered to be in the alert state when
any of the following conditions exists;
c. The Small Grid voltages are outside the limits of 0.90 and
1.10; or
5.2.1.3. The Small Grid frequency shall satisfy the normal condition as
specified below:
5.2.1.5. The Small Grid Voltage shall be operated at safe level within the
+/-10% of the nominal voltage.
5.2.1.6. Sufficient black start and fast start capacity shall be available to
facilitate the restoration of the Small Grid to the normal state
following a total Small Grid blackout.
5.2.2.2. Satisfy the system load forecast at the minimum electricity cost
of Customers subject to the following conditions:
The following notices shall be issued, without delay, by the System Operator to
notify all Small Grid Users of an existing alert state:
a. The System Operator shall issue a Weather Disturbance Alert Notice to all
Small Grid Users when the weather disturbance has entered the Philippine
Area of Responsibility (PAR);
b. The Weather Disturbance Alert Notice shall be lifted when the weather
disturbance has already made exit from the PAR;
c. Also, a Blue Alert Notice shall be issued by the System Operator when the
weather disturbance shall make landfall within 24 hours;
d. The System Operator shall issue a Red Alert Notice by 1600H for the day
ahead if the supply capacity shortfall is projected;
e. Likewise, the System Operator shall issue a Red Alert Notice at any given
time to all Small Grid Users when it determines that a system emergency
existed. This declaration may include a notice to suspend the Day-Ahead
Dispatch Schedule and initiate full control of the Manual Load Dropping. A
6. Dispatch
Dispatch is the process of apportioning the total demand of the Small Grid through
the issuance of Dispatch Instruction to the Scheduled Generating Units and the
Generating Units providing ancillary services in order to achieve the operational
requirements of balancing demand with generation that will ensure the security of
the Small Grid.
6.1.1. The reliability and security of the Small Grid shall always be observed in
all aspects of scheduling and dispatching consistent with Section 6
(Small Grid Operations) of the PSGG.
6.1.3. The System Operator shall undertake the implementation of the real-
time Dispatch Schedule through the issuance of Dispatch Instructions to
all Small Grid Users and shall monitor the Small Grid to ensure
compliance.
6.1.4. Small Grid Users injecting to or withdrawing power from the Small Grid
shall strictly comply with the PSGG.
6.2.1. Timetable
b. Day-Ahead Schedule
6.2.2.1. All Generators connected to the Small Grid shall submit to the
System Operator the week-ahead plant/unit capacity nomination
(Week-Ahead Plant Nomination or WAPN) on or before 1400H
of Thursday of the current week (see Annex B for the sample
format of WAPN). The WAPN should have taken into
consideration the following:
6.2.2.2. The Small Grid Owner shall prepare and submit to the System
Operator the Week-Ahead Forecasted Availability Facilities
(WAFAF) of High Voltage lines and facilities on or before 1400H
of Thursday of the current week (see Annex C for the sample
format of WAFAF) considering the following:
6.2.2.3. All Distribution Utilities shall prepare and submit to the System
Operator the Week-Ahead Customers Demand Forecast
(WACDF) on or before 1600H of Thursday of the current week
(see Annex D for the sample format of WACDF).
6.2.2.4. The System Operator shall prepare the Weekly Power Supply-
Demand Outlook (WPSDO) on or before 1200H of Friday of the
current week with due consideration of the following:
d. Reserve requirement;
6.2.2.5. The System Operator shall prepare the Weekly Power Supply-
Demand Outlook (WPSDO) on or before 1200H of Friday of the
current week with due consideration of the following.
6.2.3.1. All Distribution Utilities shall submit by 0900H of the current day
the Day-Ahead Customer Demand Forecast (DACDF) (see
Annex F for the sample format of DACDF) to the System
Operator. It shall exclude the contributions of any embedded
generation or load curtailment.
6.2.3.2. The Small Grid Owner shall submit by 0900H of the current day
the Day-Ahead Forecasted Outage (DAFO) (see Annex G for
the sample format of DAFO) to the System Operator.
6.2.3.3. Generators shall submit by 1000H of the current day the day-
ahead plant/unit capacity nomination (Day-Ahead Plant
Nomination or DAPN) (see Annex H for the sample format of
DAPN) of all their Generating Units to satisfy the generation
requirement forecast by the System Operator.
6.2.3.5. The System Operator shall prepare by 1400H of the current day
the Day-Ahead Dispatch Schedule (DADS) (see Annex I for the
sample format of DADS) based on an hourly interval (0001 H-
2400H), using as reference the Day-Ahead Plant Nomination,
the Customer's Demand Forecast, the Generator's contract
allocation and all planned/forced outages of the Small Grid.
6.2.3.7. The System Operator shall produce by 1600H of the current day
a copy of the Day-Ahead Dispatch Schedule with the Merit-
Order Table intended for the hourly Dispatch implementation.
6.2.3.9. The Day-Ahead Dispatch Schedule and Merit Order Table shall
not be made accessible to Small Grid Users.
6.3.1. During the hourly Dispatch implementation, the System Operator shall
use the Day-Ahead Dispatch Schedule for each interval of the relevant
day.
6.3.2. The System Operator shall issue Dispatch Instructions to all Generators
to ensure timely and accurate hourly Dispatch implementation of the
Day-Ahead Dispatch Schedule. Unless otherwise instructed by the
System Operator, the Generators shall linearly ramp to their target
schedules.
6.3.3. The System Operator may make use of the Merit-Order Table whenever
there is a deviation in the hourly Dispatch implementation of the Day-
Ahead Dispatch Schedule. The System Operator may constrain-on or
constrain-off using the Merit Order Table if the requirement is to increase
or decrease the output of the generation.
6.3.4. The Merit Order Table shall be established based on the following
criteria:
6.3.5. Generators and Distribution Utilities connected to the Small Grid shall
acknowledge and comply with the Dispatch Instructions issued by the
System Operator.
6.3.6. The System Operator shall continuously monitor the Small Grid to
ensure compliance with Dispatch Instructions by all Small Grid Users. All
non-compliance with Dispatch Instructions shall be reported by the
System Operator to the ERC, through the DMC.
6.4.1.3. Each Small Grid User shall assure that each of its facilities
complies fully and promptly with valid Dispatch Instructions,
unless in the sole and reasonable judgment of the Small Grid
Users, such compliance would create a threat to safety, risk of
bodily harm or damage to the equipment, or is otherwise not in
compliance with this Protocol and/or any provisions of the
Philippine Distribution Code and the PSGG.
6.4.1.4. All Small Grid Users shall see to it that their facilities operate
within the Dispatch tolerance limits and standards as prescribed
by the System Operator.
6.4.1.5. A Small Grid User that expects its facility to operate in a manner
that, for any reason, differs materially from the System
Operator's Dispatch Instructions shall notify the System
Operator as soon as possible.
6.4.3.2. These records, copies and recordings may be used by the ERC;
through the DMC, and/or other government agencies for
purposes of audit or surveillance.
7.1.2. The System Operator shall approve the Annual Maintenance Schedule
and issue the same to all concerned Generator, Small Grid Owner and
Distribution Utilities every December.
7.2.2. After due assessment of the system condition, the System Operator
shall advise the Generator, Small Grid Owner and Distribution Utilities of
the approval/disapproval of their request for outage at least three
working days prior to the requested date of shutdown.
7.2.3. The System Operator shall not implement any request for unscheduled
shutdown/maintenance without prior approval.
7.2.4. Unscheduled Outage Requests that cannot comply with the above
timetable shall be considered forced outage.
e. Information Management.
All Small Grid Users and the System Operator shall be compliant with Section
4.5 of the PSGG.
All Small Grid Users and the System Operator must provide communication
facilities manned 24 hours a day and seven days a week, capable of receiving
Dispatch Instructions issued by the System Operator.
All Generators shall immediately inform the System Operator of any change or
potential change in the current status of any Generating Units that are under
the Dispatch control of the System Operator.
7.6. Reports
7.6.1. The System Operator shall maintain records of its Daily Operating
Report and shall be available anytime for inquiry by the DOE and/or
ERC through the DMC.
7.6.2. The System Operator shall prepare and submit quarterly the Monthly
Operating Report to the DOE and ERC, through the DMC. The System
Operator shall report to the ERC, through the DMC, all Generators
labeled as non-conforming to Dispatch Instructions for investigation.
7.6.3. All Generators supplying power to the Small Grid shall submit quarterly a
monthly report on its operation to the DOE and ERC through the DMC
for the determination of Small Grid power requirements and inclusion to
the Philippine Development Plan.
Connection Point. For purposes of this Protocol, it refers to the point of connection
of the user system or equipment to the Small Grid.
Dispatch. The process of apportioning the total demand of the Small Grid through
the issuance of Dispatch Instruction to the Scheduled Generating Units and the
Generating Units providing ancillary services in order to achieve the operational
requirements of balancing demand with generation that will ensure the security of
the Small Grid.
Distribution System. For the purpose of this Protocol, it refers to the system of
wires and associated facilities belonging to a franchised Distribution Utility,
extending between the delivery points on the High Voltage or Medium Voltage
systems or generating plant connection and the point of connection to the premises
of the end-user.
Generator. Any person or entity authorized by the ERC to operate a facility used in
the generation of electricity.
NPC-SPUG. The functional unit of the National Power Corporation (NPC) created to
pursue the missionary electrification function.
Operating Margin. The available generating capacity in excess of the sum of the
system demand plus losses within a specified period of time.
Qualified Third Party (QTP). The alternative electric service provider authorized to
serve remote and unviable areas pursuant to Section 59 of the EPIRA and Rule 14
of its Implementing Rules and Regulation (IRR).
Small Grid. The backbone System of interconnected High Voltage Lines or Medium
Voltage lines, substations and other related facilities not connected to the National
Grid in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.
Small Grid Owner. The party that owns the backbone High Voltage Line (for
Categories 1 and 2) or Medium Voltage line (for other Categories) and is responsible
for planning, operating, and maintaining adequate capacity.
Small Grid Users. A person or entity that uses the Small Grid and related facilities
to which this Protocol applies, such as Distribution Utilities, Small Grid Owner,
Generators, NPC-SPUG, and any other entities with a user system connected to the
Small Grid.
System Operator (SO). The party responsible for generation dispatch, or the
implementation of the generation Dispatch Schedule based on the nomination of the
Distribution Utilities from its PSAs with the Generators, the provision of Ancillary
Services and operation to ensure safety, power quality, stability, reliability and
security of the Small Grid.
Voltage Variation. The deviation of the Root-Mean Square value of the voltage from
its normal value, expressed in percent.
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in the preparation of the WAPN.
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