ZESA PRESENTATION ON

OPERATIONAL ISSUES

TRADERS & OPERATORS

FORUM:
Hotel Safari, Windhoek, Namibia
14-15 December 2006
Introduction
Background
ZESA’s Central Position
Experiences & Highlights of
System Operational
Issues
“ Power Generation
“ Transmission Network Capacity
“ Overall System performance
 System Disturbance Reports
(Causes, When & Where)
“ ZESCO/SNEL Inter-connector
“ System disturbance on 16/11/05
“ System disturbance on 17/12/05

“ System disturbance 03/01/06

“ System Disturbance on 12/01/06

“ System Disturbance on 20/05/06

“ ZESCO-SNEL inter-connector trip 14/07/06

“ HCB Inter-connector
“ Bindura-Songo 19/02/06
“ Seismic vibrations in Moza & Zim 22/02/06
“ Bindura- Songo trip 19/03/06
“ Bindura-Songo trip 29/03/06
“ Seismic vvibrations on 22/05/06
“ Songo-Bindura trip 0n 28/05/06
“ Bindura-Songo trip on 16/09/06
“ Bindura-Songo trip 0n 10/11/06
“ Eskom/BPC Inter-connector
“ Matimba-Pokoje-Insukamini trip on
03/11/05
“ Matimba-Pokoje –Insukamini trip on
25/11/05
“ Insukamini-Pokoje trip on 19/11/05

“ Matimba-Pokoje trip 09/01/06

“ Matimba-Pokoje trip on 09/03/06

“ Internal Network
“ System Disturbance on 06/12/05
“ Dema-Bindura Feeder trip on 04/01/06
“ System Disturbance 0n 03/08/06
“ System Disturbance on 23/09/06
“ Dema-Bindura feeder trip on 17/10/06
“ Warren-Dema Feeder trip on 29/10/06
“ Songo fed Island blackout on 03/11/06
“ Insukamini 330KV SVC trip on 26/11/06
 Utility System Control
Performance
“ SCADA Performance
“ Tele-control performance
“ Telecommunication Performance
“ Voltage Control
“ Frequency Control
“ Tie-Line Discipline
“ Language Challenges
“ Operational Resources
 Trading Issues
“ Minimum Quantity requirements
“ Communication Challenges
“ Inadvertent Energy Management
Recommendations
“ VSAT project to materialise
“ Invest in Interconnections
“ Invest in internal transmission Network.
“ Investment in Voltage compensating
equipment.
“Thank You