2019 POWER SITUATION

REPORT

Peak
Demand
15,581 MW
Capacity
Installed – 25,531 MW
Dependable – 22,736 MW
Available – 16,606 MW
Electricity
Sales and
Consumption
106,041 GWh Newly
Operational
Installed Capacity
1,674 MW
Gross
Generation
106,041 GWh
Power Project
Capacity
Committed – 5,767 MW
Transmission Indicative – 42,815 MW
Substation Capacity
36,436 MVA
Line Length
20,079 ckt-km Distribution
EC - 121
PIOU - 24
LGUOU - 5
MPC - 1

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 DEMAND
Peak Demand
12,000 10,000 8,000 6,000 4,000 2,000 - MW

11,344
Luzon
10,876

2,224
Visayas
2,053
2019 2018

2,013
Mindanao
1,853

Figure 1. 2018 vs. 2019 Peak Demand per Grid (in MW)

The country’s total peak demand1 in 2019 was recorded at 15,581 MW, which is 799
MW or 5.4% higher than the 14,782 MW in 2018. As recorded by the System Operator,
the Luzon grid contributed 11,344 MW or 72.8% of the total demand while Visayas
and Mindanao contributed a share of 14.3% (2,224 MW) and 12.9% (2,013 MW),
respectively. With reference to year 2018, the peak demand of Luzon increased by
468 MW or 4.3% while Visayas and Mindanao grew by 8.3% and 8.6%, respectively.

ELECTRICITY SALES AND CONSUMPTION

30,551,604
Residential
28,260,764

25,475,850
Commercial
24,016,270

28,193,978
Industrial
27,587,348

2,896,602
Others
2,752,719

Own-Use
8,929,107 2019 2018
8,141,036

9,994,347
Systems Loss
9,006,580

NOTE: *Includes Off-Grid Sales and Consumption (1.4% of the total sales and consumption)
Numbers may not sum up to total due to rounding off.

Figure 2. 2019 vs. 2018 Electricity Sales and Consumption by Sector, Philippines (in MWh)

The Philippines’ Gross Domestic Product (GDP) posted a 5.9% full-year growth for
2019, 0.3% below the previous year’s GDP, the slowest growth rate in eight years. In
the 4th quarter of 2019, the GDP grew by 6.4%, but it was still not enough to meet the
1 Total non-coincidental peak demand of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao grids
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target economic growth which ranges from 6.0% to 6.5%. Nonetheless, historical data
has shown that when the Philippines experienced an expanding economy or a positive
GDP growth rate, that expansion was directly proportional to electricity consumption.
Therefore, correlating the relationship between the two, a continuous GDP growth
entailed a consistently rising demand in electricity.

The total electricity sales and consumption grew by 6.3%, with an absolute level of
106,041 GWh by the end of 2019 from 99,765 GWh of the previous year. As the rate
of inflation slowed down to an average of 2.5% in 2019 from a noticeably higher rate
of 5.2% in 2018, the country as expected experienced a boost in electricity
consumption. The sector with the largest consumption remains to be residential
(28.8%) followed by industrial (26.6%) and commercial (24.0%).

The industrial sector is the only sector whose annual growth rate took a downswing
from its rapid increase of 7.9% in 2018 down to only 2.2% in 2019. One factor of the
decline can be attributed to the slowdown in public construction at the start of 2019 as
a result of the delayed approval of the Administration’s 2019 budget and the 45-day
public works ban due to the 2019 National and Local Elections on 13 May 2019.
Likewise, the reduction in public infrastructure spending, hence lagging in
construction-related manufactures, and the weaker global economy resulted in a
decrease in both volume and value of the manufacturing sector, only improving in the
latter part of the year bolstered by the surge in public spending of 54% or ₱100.3 billion
in September as state agencies expedited the implementation of major infrastructure
projects as part of their catch-up measures. As a result, electricity sales and
consumption of the industrial sector went up by 3.8% for the second half of the year.

On the other hand, the growth rate of the residential and commercial sectors remained
persistent as the consumption increased by 8.1% and 6.1%, respectively, against last
year’s growth rate of 5.5% for both sectors due to election-related activities and
warmer temperature in the summer months. The continuous rise in global surface
temperatures primarily contributed to the uptrend as heat indices hit dangerous levels
especially in the months of April, May, and June. Moreover, the El Niño event
throughout the year is a likely driver of the variation in consumption especially in
households and commercial spaces e.g. an increase in consumption can be attributed
to substantial utilization of cooling equipment.

“Others”, referring to public buildings, street lights, irrigation, agriculture, and “others
not elsewhere classified”, continued to post a modest growth rate of 5.2% from 2,753
GWh in 2018 to 2,897 GWh in 2019.

Parallel to the Others sector, the utilities’ own-use for office and station use of the
power plants, classified in Fig. 2 simply as “Own-Use”, grew significantly by 9.7% or
8,929 GWh from a previous diminution of 2.1% between 2018 and 2017. While this
year, “Losses” from the generation, transmission, and distribution accounted for 9,994
GWh, the largest growth by sector with a 988 GWh or 11.0% increase from 2018 due
to the testing and commissioning of various power plants in the country with total
capacities of 2,002 MW (Luzon - 1,035 MW, Visayas - 371 MW and Mindanao - 596
MW).

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 Table 1. Electricity Sales & Consumption of Distribution Utilities
by Grid (in GWh)

TYPE OF DISTRIBUTION
LUZON VISAYAS MINDANAO PHILIPPINES
UTILITIES

Private Investors Owned Utilities (PIOU's)

Residential 15,880 1,360 1,293 18,534
Commercial 19,531 654 604 20,789
Industrial 14,433 2,892 2,257 19,582
Others 196 111 90 397
Total Sales 50,040 5,018 4,244 59,301
Own-Use 65 11 5 81
System Loss 2,925 328 311 3,564
Total 53,030 5,356 4,560 62,946

Electric Cooperatives (EC'S)

Residential 6,327 2,838 2,853 12,018
Commercial 2,381 1,233 1,073 4,687
Industrial 1,947 952 1,952 4,851
Others 763 455 438 1,657
Total Sales 11,418 5,478 6,317 23,213
Own-Use 23 10 15 48
System Loss 1,408 635 992 3,035
Total 12,849 6,123 7,324 26,295

Non-Utilities/Directly
3,334 540 162 4,036
Connected
Other Services 1,706 503 65 2,274
Plant Station Used 4,379 1,649 1,065 7,094
Transmission Losses 2,389 378 629 3,396

Total Electricity Sales &

76,485 14,457 13,631 104,572
Consumption (Main Grid)
Total Electricity Sales &
1,202 93 175 1,470
Consumption (Off-Grid)
Total Electricity Sales &
77,687 14,549 13,805 106,041
Consumption
NOTE: *Includes Off-Grid Sales
*Includes DCC customers
Source: 2019 Power Statistics

Among the three island groups, Luzon accounted for the highest electricity sales and
consumption with a share of 77,687 GWh or 73.3%. Visayas came in next with a share
of 14,549 GWh or 13.7% and followed closely by Mindanao with a share of 13,805
GWh or 13.0%. In line with the increase in electricity demand, the energy consumption
in Mindanao boomed at a growth rate of 8.1%, followed by Visayas (7.8%) and Luzon
(5.7%). Sales and consumption in the Off-Grid areas also grew at a rate of 9.2%,
contributing a share of 1,470 GWh or 1.4% of the country’s total energy production.
The country’s total sales in electricity continued to manifest resiliency, garnering
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87,118 GWh or a 5.4% growth rate from 2018, dropping just a few notches below last
year’s growth rate of 6.2%.

In Fig. 3, the Total Sales was divided into four categories according to their utility type:
Private Investor Owned Utilities (PIOUs), Electric Cooperatives (ECs), Non-
Utilities/Directly Connected Customers (DCC), and Other Services. Accounting for
55.9% of the country’s electricity production, PIOUs contributed a total sales of 59,301
GWh, whereas 23,213 GWh or 21.9% was sourced from the ECs’ contributions. Non-
Utilities and Other Services, which refers to the energy delivered to other generators,
were 4,036 GWh (3.8%) and 568 GWh (0.5%), respectively. In Table 1, part of the
Other Services included the energy consumed to pump the Kalayaan Power Plant.
However, it should be noted that in the Total Sales and Consumption shown in Fig. 2,
the actual total sales (comprising of Residential, Commercial, and Others sectors)
does not include the energy consumed when pumping but instead was accounted as
part of the consumption under Own-Use which is reflected in the latter part of this
report.

ECs
21.9%

System Loss
9.4% Total Sales
82.2% PIOUs
Own-Use 55.9%
8.4%

Non-Utilities
3.8%
Other Services
0.5%

Own-Use System Loss ECs PIOUs Non-Utilities Other Services

Figure 3. Total Electricity Sales and Consumption by Type Percentage Shares, Philippines

Distribution Utilities (DUs), who operate to deliver electric power to end-users,

amounted to 89,242 GWh or 84.2% of the country’s total electricity sales and
consumption in 2019. In Table 1, the electricity sales and consumption of DUs
consisted of 121 ECs and only 23 PIOUs (including entities duly authorized to operate
within the economic zones)—but the PIOUs are much larger in customer sales. To
illustrate, in 2019, PIOUs are responsible for 70.5% of the total electricity sales and
consumption of DUs, utilizing more than 60 million MWh of electricity. Manila Electric
Company (MERALCO), the largest privately-owned electric utility, contributed to
48,653 GWh or almost half of the country’s total sales and consumption. On the other
hand, the Batangas I Electric Cooperative, Inc. (BATELEC I) utilized 1,123 GWh of
electricity, the highest sales and consumption among the ECs.

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 Table 2. 2019 and 2018 Comparative Electricity Sales and Consumption of
Distribution Utilities, Philippines (in GWh)

Sales by Sector 2019 2018 Difference

GWh % Share GWh % Share GWh % Growth

Distribution Utilities (Main Grid)

Residential 29,837 34.0% 27,611 33.4% 2,225 8.1%

Commercial 25,150 28.65% 23,717 28.71% 1,433 6.0%

Industrial 24,365 27.76% 23,277 28.18% 1,088 4.7%

Others 1,885 2.15% 1,754 2.12% 132 7.5%

Total Sales 81,237 92.55% 76,359 92.44% 4,878 6.4%

Own-Use 127 0.14% 116 0.14% 11 9.1%

System Loss 6,408 7.30% 6,132 7.42% 276 4.5%

Total Consumption 87,772 100% 82,607 100% 5,165 6.3%

Distribution Utilities (Off-Grid)

Residential 715 48.7% 650 48% 65 10.1%

Commercial 326 22.2% 299 22.22% 26 8.9%

Industrial 68 4.6% 92 6.84% (24) -26.4%

Others 169 11.5% 122 9.08% 46 37.8%

Total Sales 1,277 86.9% 1,163 86.40% 114 9.8%

Own-Use 3 0.2% 2 0.18% 0 6.8%

System Loss 190 12.9% 181 13.43% 9 5.2%

Total Consumption 1,470 100.0% 1,346 100% 123 9.2%

Total (Grid + Off-Grid)

Residential 30,552 34.2% 28,261 33.7% 2,291 8.1%

Commercial 25,476 28.6% 24,016 28.6% 1,460 6.1%

Industrial 24,433 27.4% 23,369 27.8% 1,063 4.6%

Others 2,054 2.3% 1,876 2.2% 178 9.5%

Total Sales 82,514 92.5% 77,522 92.3% 4,992 6.4%

Own-Use 129 0.1% 118 0.1% 11 9.1%

System Loss 6,598 7.4% 6,313 7.5% 285 4.5%

Total Consumption 89,242 100.0% 83,953 100.0% 5,288 6.3%

NOTE: *Includes Off-Grid Sales
*Excludes DCC customers
Source: 2019 Power Statistics

In 2019, the peak of the total sales and consumption of DUs occurred in June,
recording a 9.3% share which is 852 GWh more than the monthly average of 7,437
GWh. The residential sector remains to have the highest percentage share with a
growth rate of 8.1%. The region to obtain the highest DU sales and consumption is the
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National Capital Region with a 33.4% share, followed by Region IV-A (19.9%) and
Region III (12.0%).

SUPPLY

INSTALLED AND DEPENDABLE CAPACITY

Table 3. 2019 Total Installed and Dependable Capacity per Technology,

Philippines (in MW)

Installed Dependable
Fuel Type
2018 2019 2018 2019
Coal 8,844 10,417 8,368 9,743
Oil Based 4,292 4,262 2,995 3,015
Natural Gas 3,453 3,453 3,286 3,286
Renewable
7,227 7,399 6,592 6,691
Energy
Geothermal 1,944 1,928 1,770 1,792
Hydro 3,701 3,760 3,473 3,508
Biomass 258 363 182 227
Solar 896 921 740 737
Wind 427 427 427 427
TOTAL 23,815 25,531 21,241 22,736

Table 4. 2019 Total Installed and Dependable Capacity per Grid and Off-Grid,
Philippines (in MW)

Installed Dependable
GRID
Grid Off-grid Total Grid Off-grid Total
Luzon 16,870 416 17,286 15,261 336 15,598
Visayas 3,770 40 3,809 3,276 30 3,306
Mindanao 4,366 70 4,436 3,780 52 3,832
TOTAL 25,006 526 25,531 22,317 419 22,736

Table 5. 2019 Summary of Newly Operational Capacities per Technology,

Philippines (in MW)

Installed, MW Dependable
Fuel Type
2018 2019 2018 2019
Coal 720 1,559 690 1,409
Oil-Based 87 8 83 6
Natural Gas 0 0 0 0
Renewable Energy 126 108 122 74
Geothermal 12 0 12 0
Hydro 80 31 80 18
Biomass 34 52 30 36
Solar 0 25 0 20
Wind 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 934 1,674 894 1,489

The total power supply, in terms of installed capacity, grew by 7.2% from 23,815 MW
in 2018 to 25,531 MW in 2019. The 25,006 MW or 97.9% of the total installed capacity

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was contributed by the Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao main grids while 526 MW or
2.1% was contributed by off-grid areas. As shown in Table 5, a total of 1,674 MW new
capacities were added to the country’s supply in 2019 which include coal-fired (1,559
MW), oil-based (8 MW), hydropower (31 MW), biomass (52 MW), and solar (25 MW)
power plants. Share by grid is discussed in a separate section of this report. In terms
of share by grid, Luzon contributed additional capacity of 700 MW or 41.8% of the
newly installed capacities while added Visayas 371 MW or 22.3% and Mindanao with
602 MW or 35.9%.

GENERATION

120,000 106,041 GWh

99,765 GWh The 2019 gross generation of the
100,000 country increased to 106,041 GWh
registering a growth of 6.3% from the
Gross Generation (GWh)

80,000 previous year. Grid generation

contributed 98.5% of the mix while off-
60,000 grid contributed 1.5%. The Luzon grid,
being the economic center of the
40,000 country, contributed the majority of
generation at 71.8%. While Visayas and
20,000 Mindanao grids recorded 15.1% and
13.0% share, respectively. Coal
- continuously dominated the power mix
2018 2019 in 2019 by increasing its share from
Coal Oil-based Natural Gas 52.1% in 2018 to 54.6%. The further
increase in coal generation was
Geothermal Hydro Biomass
attributed to the entry of new coal-fired
Solar Wind power plants across the country. With
Figure 4. 2018 vs. 2019 Gross Generation, GWh
the domination of fossil fuels in the mix,
renewable energy technologies
decreased its total generation share to 20.8% due to the continuous drop in generation
of hydro and limited penetration of other technologies to the mix. Natural gas
contributed 21.1% while oil-based plants continuously registered the least contribution
in the power mix at single digit growth rate of 3.5%.

POWER PROJECTS

Table 6. Committed and Indicative Capacities, Philippines,

as of 31 December 2019 (in MW)

Committed Indicative
Fuel Type No. of Capacity % No. of Capacity %
Proponents (MW) Share Proponents (MW) Share
Coal 7 4,126.0 71.5 13 10,463.0 24.4
Oil-Based 3 414.6 7.2 9 2,146.3 5.0
Natural Gas 1 650.0 11.3 9 8,758.0 20.5
Renewable Energy
20 576.7 10.0 178 21,447.2 50.1
(RE)
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 Committed Indicative
Fuel Type No. of Capacity % No. of Capacity %
Proponents (MW) Share Proponents (MW) Share
Geothermal 1 50.0 0.9 5 496.0 1.2
Hydro 2 23.1 0.4 68 4,816.6 11.2
Biomass 14 263.6 4.6 20 280.4 0.7
Solar 3 240.0 4.2 67 12,097.8 28.3
Wind 0 0 0 18 3,756.4 8.8
TOTAL 31 5,767.3 100.0 209 42,814.5 100.0
BESS 1 49 15 1,863.5
NOTE: Numbers may not sum up to total due to rounding off.

To address the increasing demand brought about by economic development, the DOE
encourages the private sector to invest in power generation and augment the needed
capacity in the power system. As shown in Table 6, capacities from committed power
projects reached 5,767 MW by the end of 2019. About 71.5% of these capacities are
from coal-fired power projects that will provide baseload capacity in the system in the
coming years.

The indicative power projects capacity amounted to 42,815 MW by the end of 2019.
Coal-fired power projects contributed 24.4%, while 50.1% is expected to come from
renewable energy technologies.

SIGNIFICANT INCIDENTS

LUZON

For 2019, the Luzon grid experienced 46 Yellow Alerts and 16 Red Alerts occurrences.
These red and yellow alerts were mainly attributed to the high demand coupled with
the mild El Niño condition which further increased the demand and brought down the
available capacity of hydroelectric power plants in the grid during the summer months.
Other factors that contributed to the issuance of these alerts were the series of
unplanned outages, extended outages, and capacity deration of power plants.
Furthermore, expected capacity from committed power projects were not able to ease
the power situation due to their delayed commissioning and commercial operation,
such as the 300 MW Masinloc Expansion and the 150 MW SMC Limay Power
Projects. The red alert occurrences resulted in a series of automatic and manual load
dropping incidents which led to the implementation of Interruptible Load Program
(ILP).

Another notable incident in the Luzon grid was the 6.1 magnitude earthquake that
occurred at 5:11 PM of 22 April 2019 with the epicenter located 18 kilometers east of
Castillejos, Zambales. After the earthquake, several power plants and some
transmission lines in central Luzon tripped leaving Luzon with 10,059 MW available
capacity which was insufficient to supply the system demand. Power in the affected
areas were immediately restored, however, few power plants were isolated due to
sustained transmission line outages and equipment problems in the power plant
facilities.
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VISAYAS

Visayas grid has been a recipient of a lot of yellow alerts and a few red alerts this
2019, having 186 Yellow alert notices and 10 Red alert notices. These alerts usually
occurred in the evening and were amplified on occasions where a significant amount
of capacity is unavailable due to plant outages and reduction of output from solar
plants. These issuances have been more frequent this year due to increasing demand
and the existing transmission line congestions being experienced in the region.

Grid disturbances were also experienced because of power plant and line trippings
that resulted in load droppings and momentary power interruptions. One of the issues
that is currently being addressed in the Visayas is the availability of operational
reserves.

There were a couple of new power plants that went on commercial operation this year
and the completion of ongoing transmission projects is expected to alleviate the
situation in the grid and help provide the necessary highways where electricity can
pass through and be delivered in various parts of the island region.

MINDANAO

Mindanao grid has been known for its over-supply capacity since the addition of coal-
fired power plants in the region in 2016. In 2019, there were no recorded yellow and
red alerts that disrupted the operation of the Mindanao grid, despite the occurrence of
several natural calamities such as earthquakes and typhoons. However, there are still
issues on the occurrences of Manual Load Dropping (MLD) in some regions in
Mindanao due to the current bilateral dispatch protocol and the absence of the
Wholesale Electricity Market (WESM) in the said grid. The mild El Niño resulted in
depletion of capacities from Agus-Pulangi Hydroelectric Power Plants while several
Distribution Utilities failed to adjust their respective nominations, thus resulting in over-
nomination and MLDs. WESM Mindanao is expected to address the issue once it
comes online in 2020.

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 LUZON

Capacity
Peak Demand Installed – 17,289 MW
11,344 MW Dependable – 15,598 MW
Available – 11,643 MW

Electricity Newly
Sales and Operational Capacity
Consumption 700 MW
77,687 GWh

Gross Power Project

Generation Capacity
Committed – 4,654 MW
76,167 GWh
Indicative – 35,218 MW

Monthly Peak Demand (in MW)

13,000

12,000
11,245 11,344
10,957 10,997 10,845
10,687
11,000 10,392 10,413
10,180 10,111
10,750 10,876
10,000 9,309
10,539
9,123 10,346
9,936 9,996 10,035 10,088 9,987
9,843
9,000 9,579
9,213

8,000
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2019 2018

Source: NGCP Figure 5. 2018 vs. 2019 Peak Demand

The peak demand of the Luzon grid increased to 11,344 MW for 2019, equivalent to
4.3% growth from the 2018 peak demand of 10,876 MW. The peak demand registered
by the system operator occurred on 21 June 2019. During the peak interval, a red alert
notice was issued and a portion of the demand of the Manila Electric Company
(MERALCO) was de-loaded through the Interruptible Load Program (ILP). To capture
the actual peak demand of Luzon, the recorded compensable de-loaded ILP
participants amounting to 132 MW was added to the system peak demand that
resulted in a total of 11,476 MW. With consideration of ILP, the Luzon grid registered
an increase of 600 MW or 5.5% from 2018.

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 LUZON
Electricity Sales and Consumption (in GWh)
•

• • •
Electricity sales and
• 29% • 28% • 25% consumption of Luzon for
2019 reached a total of
• 22,207 • 21,912 • 19,444
77,687 GWh maintaining its
growth of 5.7%. The
Residential Commercial Industrial
residential sector contributed
the most to Luzon’s overall
growth rate nearly followed
• • •
by the commercial sector.
• 2% • 8% • 9% Luzon’s share of the
• 1,229 • 6,173 • 6,722 country’s total electricity
sales and consumption
Systems
Others Own-Use* remained the largest at
Loss
73.3%.
*Own-Use includes energy consumed in pumping (Kalayaan Power Plant)
Figure 6. 2019 Electricity Sales and Consumption, Luzon

Table 7. Existing Installed and Dependable Capacity, as of 31 December

2019 (in MW)

Installed Dependable
Fuel Type Percent Share Percent Share
MW MW
(%) (%)
Coal 6,929 40.1 6,520 41.8

Oil Based 2,585 15.0 1,739 11.1

Natural Gas 3,452 20.0 3,286 21.1

Renewable
4,320 25.0 4,053 26.0
Energy
Geothermal 865 5.0 824 5.3

Hydro 2,593 15.0 2,498 16.0

Biomass 164 0.9 105 0.7

Solar 362 2.1 289 1.9

Wind 337 1.9 337 2.2

2019 TOTAL 17,286 100.0 15,598 100.0

BESS 10 10

2018 TOTAL 16,549 14,973

NOTE: Numbers may not sum up to total due to rounding off.

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 LUZON
Gross Generation (MWh)

Biomass Solar Wind The 2019 Luzon grid’s gross generation

0.8% 0.6% 1.1%
Hydro
6.7%
reached 76,176 GWh with a growth rate
Geothermal
4.8%
of 4.7%. With the commercial operation
of new coal-fired power plants, coal
continuously dominated the generation
mix with 53.2%. Natural gas generation
Natural Gas
29.3% Coal
maintained its share at 29.3%. While
53.2% renewable energy continued to
decrease its share to 14.0% from 16.3%
in 2018. The corresponding generation
share from geothermal at 4.8%, hydro at
6.7%, biomass at 0.8%, solar at 0.6%,
Oil Based and wind at 1.1%. While oil-based
3.5%
technologies recorded the least share in
Figure 7. 2019 Gross Generation, Luzon generation with 3.5%.

Table 8. Newly Operational Capacities, as of 31 December 2019 (in MW)

Power Plant Capacity (MW)

Owner/ Operator Commercial Operation Date
Facility Name Installed Dependable
Coal 650.0 590.0
San Buenaventura Power
SBPL 500 455 Oct-2019
Ltd. (SBPL)
SMC Consolidated Power
SCPC U4 150 135 Jul-2019
Corporation (SCPC)
Hydro 22.6 9.5
Hydro Electric Development
La Trinidad 20.4 8.5 Jul-2019
Corporation (HEDCOR), Inc.
Majayjay Hydropower
Majayjay 2.2 1 May-2019
Company, Inc.
Biomass 27.0 24.3
Cagayan Biomass Energy
CBEC 15 13.5 Oct-2019
Corporation (CBEC)
Grass Gold Renewable
G2REC 12 10.8 Dec-2019
Energy Corporation (G2REC)
2019 TOTAL 699.6 623.8
2018 TOTAL 660.0 636.0

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Table 9. Summary of Committed and Indicative Power Projects,
as of 31 December 2019 (in MW)

Committed Indicative
Type of Power Plant No. of Capacity No. of Capacity
% Share % Share
Proponents (MW) Proponents (MW)
Coal 4 3,436.0 73.8 9 8,935.0 24.7
Oil-Based 1 300.0 6.4 5 2,016.0 5.6
Natural Gas 1 650.0 14.0 8 8,620.0 23.8
Renewable Energy 7 268.0 5.8 103 16,647.0 46.0
Geothermal 0 0 0 3 390.0 1.1
Hydro 0 0 0 39 3,505.1 9.7
Biomass 5 53.0 1.1 10 129.0 0.4
Solar 2 215.0 4.6 42 10,584.5 29.2
Wind 0 0 0 9 2,038.4 5.6
2019 TOTAL 13 4,654.0 100.0 127 36,218.0 100.0
BESS 8 1,090
2018 TOTAL 19 4,775.0 92 26,805.0
NOTE: Numbers may not sum to total due to rounding off.

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Capacity
Peak Demand Installed – 3,809 MW
2,224 MW Dependable – 3,306 MW
Available – 2,668 MW

Electricity Newly
Sales and Operational Capacity
Consumption 373 MW
14,549 GWh

Gross Power Project

Generation Capacity
Committed – 524 MW
16,059 GWh
Indicative – 4,120 MW

Monthly Peak Demand (in MW)

2,400
2,224 2,220 2,224
2,148 2,164 2,168 2,151
2,200 2,116 2,129

2,010
2,000 1,919
1,873 2,044 2,053
2,010 2,015 2,026 2,020
1,956 1,972 1,954 1,980
1,800 1,892 1,913

1,600
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2019 2018

Source: NGCP Figure 8. 2018 vs. 2019 Peak Demand, Visayas

Visayas grid registered a peak demand of 2,224 MW in 2019, showing a growth of

8.3% from the previous year. This is the second straight year that the peak demand of
Visayas occurred during the second quarter compared to prior years where the peak
demand happened in the fourth quarter.

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Electricity Sales and Consumption (in GWh)
•

• • •
In 2019, the electricity sales
• 29% • 13% • 30% and consumption of the
Visayas Grid grew to 14,549
• 4,198 • 1,887 • 4,382 GWh at a rate of 7.8%. In the
previous years, a 4.3%
Residential Commercial Industrial
growth rate was posted in
2018 and 5.0% in 2017. The
boost in demand for
• • •
electricity production can be
• 7% • 11% • 9% attributed to the robust
• 1,072 • 1,670 • 1,340 economic activities in major
provinces, especially in
Systems
Others Own-Use Central Visayas which
Loss
accounted for more than half
Figure 9. 2019 Electricity Sales and Consumption, Visayas of the energy consumption in
the grid. Visayan Electric Company, Inc. (VECO), which serves the cities of Cebu,
Mandaue, Talisay, Naga, and four municipalities of the greater part of Metro Cebu,
contributed 3,714 GWh of electricity, a 10% increase in last year’s consumption and
making them the second largest distribution utility in the Philippines in terms of
electricity sales.

Table 10. Existing Installed and Dependable Capacity,

as of 31 December 2019 (in MW)

Installed Dependable
Fuel Type Percent Share Percent Share
MW MW
(%) (%)
Coal 1,399 36.7 1,349 40.8

Oil Based 742 19.5 505 15.3

Natural Gas 1 0.0 0 0.0

Renewable Energy 1,667 43.8 1,452 43.9

Geothermal 955 25.1 865 26.2

Hydro 19 0.5 19 0.6

Biomass 127 3.3 97 2.9

Solar 476 12.5 381 11.5

Wind 90 2.4 90 2.7

2019 TOTAL 3,809 100.0 3,306 100.0

2018 TOTAL 3,450 3,000

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Gross Generation (MWh)

Biomass
Solar
4.1%
Wind Power plants within the Visayas grid
1.4%
2.2% registered 16,059 GWh of gross
Hydro
0.4%
generation in 2019. The region continued
to remain as the renewable energy
dominated grid in the country with 47.2%
share of generation coming from
Coal
49.6% renewable energy technologies with
corresponding shares of geothermal at
Geothermal 39.1%, solar at 4.1%, biomass at 2.2%,
39.1%
wind at 1.4%, and hydro at 0.4%. For the
fossil-based power plants, coal
generation increased and still is the
Oil Based largest producer at 49.6% with the entry
3.3%
of new coal-fired power plants while oil-
Figure 10. 2019 Gross Generation, Visayas based plants had a share of 3.3%.

Table 11. Newly Operational Capacities, as of 31 December 2019 (in MW)

Power Plant Capacity (MW)

Owner/ Operator Commercial Operation Date
Facility Name Installed Dependable
Coal 340.0 300.0
TVI U1 170 150 Therma Visayas, Inc. (TVI) Apr-2019
TVI U2 170 150 Therma Visayas, Inc. (TVI) Sep-2019
Diesel 8.0 6.4
Central Negros Power
Calumangan 8 6.4 Mar-2019
Reliability, Inc. (CENPRI)
Biomass 25.0 12.0
Central Azucarera de Bais
CAB 25 12 Nov-2019
(CAB)
2019 TOTAL 373.0 318.4
2018 TOTAL 0.0 0.0

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Table 12. Summary of Committed and Indicative Power Projects,
as of 31 December 2019 (in MW)

Committed Indicative
Type of Power Plant No. of Capacity No. of Capacity
% Share % Share
Proponents (MW) Proponents (MW)
Coal 1 135.0 25.7 1 600.0 14.6
Oil-Based 2 114.6 21.9 4 124.4 3.0
Natural Gas 0 0 0 1 138.0 3.3
Renewable Energy 10 274.7 52.4 36 3,357.5 79.1
Geothermal 1 50.0 9.5 1 76.0 1.8
Hydro 2 23.1 4.4 13 728.2 17.7
Biomass 7 201.6 38.5 3 32.0 0.8
Solar 0 0 0 11 703.3 17.1
Wind 0 0 0 8 1,718.0 41.7
2019 TOTAL 13 524.3 100.0 42 4,119.9 100.0
BESS 4 363.5
2018 TOTAL 14 766.0 40 3,903.0
NOTE: Numbers may not sum up to total due to rounding off.

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Capacity
Peak Demand Installed – 4,436 MW
2,013 MW Dependable – 3,832 MW
Available – 2,295 MW

Electricity Newly
Sales and Operational Capacity
Consumption 602 MW
13,805 GWh

Gross Power Project

Generation Capacity
Committed – 589 MW
13,805 GWh
Indicative – 2,477 MW

Monthly Peak Demand (in MW)

2,400

2,200
2,013 2,001 1,977 1,987 1,995 1,992
1,943 1,960
2,000 1,892
1,817
1,775
1,726
1,800
1,847 1,821 1,835 1,833 1,853
1,781 1,762 1,794
1,600 1,704 1,729 1,741
1,665
1,400
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

2019 2018

Source: NGCP Figure 11. 2018 vs. 2019 Peak Demand, Mindanao

The Mindanao grid reached its peak demand of 2,013 MW on 8 May 2019 with an
8.6% growth rate from 2018. The security of supply in Mindanao opens up great
demand opportunities in all of its regions. The supply side clearly shows readiness to
massive infrastructure projects brought about by the Build, Build, Build Program of the
government and various investments in the private sector. Significantly, having the
highest reserve margin among the three grids, Mindanao imposes a lot of promise in
grid modernization in the upcoming commercial operation of WESM Mindanao and
Mindanao-Visayas Interconnection Project.

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Electricity Sales and Consumption (in GWh)
•

• • •
The Mindanao grid recorded
13,805 GWh of electricity
• 30% • 12% • 32%
sales and consumption. On a
• 4,146 • 1,677 • 4,368 per grid basis, the sustained
accelerated growth in
Residential Commercial Industrial Mindanao resulted in an 8.1%
increase in 2019, relatively in
pace with year-ago rate of
• • •
8.2%. The Davao Region
• 4% • 8% • 14% contributed the most share
• 595 • 1,085 • 1,932 with 33.3% in total electricity
sales and consumption while
Systems Zamboanga Peninsula,
Others Own-Use
Loss
Northern Mindanao,
Figure 12. 2019 Electricity Sales and Consumption, Mindanao SOCCSKSARGEN, Caraga,
and Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) contributed
12.0%, 24.6%, 18.0%, 9.0%, and 3.1%, respectively.

Table 13. Existing Installed and Dependable Capacity,

as of 31 December 2019 (in MW)

Installed Dependable
Fuel Type Percent Share Percent Share
MW MW
(%) (%)
Coal 2,089 47.1 1,874 48.9

Oil Based 936 21.1 771 20.1

Natural Gas 0 0.0 0 0.0

Renewable
1,412 31.8 1,186 31.0
Energy
Geothermal 108 2.4 103 2.7

Hydro 1,147 25.9 991 25.9

Biomass 73 1.6 25 0.7

Solar 84 1.9 67 1.7

Wind 0 0.0 0 0.0

2019 TOTAL 4,436 100.0 3,832 100.0

2018 TOTAL 3,815 3,269

NOTE: Numbers may not sum up to total due to rounding off.

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Gross Generation (GWh)

Biomass Solar
0.7%
Wind The Mindanao gross generation
0.0% 0.6%
amounted to 13,805 GWh for 2019. Coal
further increased its share in the mix at
Hydro
20.9% 68.2% due to the addition of 3x150 MW
GNPK Coal and 119 MW SEC Coal
Expansion Unit. This increase is
Geothermal expected to continue when the 150 MW
5.5% Coal
68.2% GNPK Unit 4 comes online by 2020.
Meanwhile, renewable energy sources
contributed 27.7% share, comprising
Oil Based
4.0% geothermal (5.5%), hydro (20.9%),
biomass (0.7%), and solar (0.6%).
Similar to the Luzon and Visayas grids,
oil-based plants provided the least
Figure 13. 2019 Gross Generation, Mindanao contribution at 4.0%.

Table 14. Newly Operational Capacities, as of 31 December 2019 (in MW)

Power Plant Capacity (MW)

Owner/ Operator Commercial Operation Date
Facility Name Installed Dependable
Coal 568.5 519.0
GNPower GNPower Kauswagan Ltd.
150 138 May-2019
Kauswagan U1 Co. (GNPK)
GNPower GNPower Kauswagan Ltd.
150 138 Dec-2019
Kauswagan U2 Co. (GNPK)
GNPower GNPower Kauswagan Ltd.
150 138 Dec-2019
Kauswagan U3 Co. (GNPK)
Sarangani Energy
SEC U2 118.5 105 Oct-2019
Corporation (SEC)
Hydro 8.0 8.0
Asiga Green Energy
Asiga 8 8 May-2019
Corporation (AGEC)
Solar 25.0 20.0
Astronergy Development
ADGI 25 20 Dec-2019
Gensan, Inc. (ADGI)
2019 TOTAL 601.5 547.0
2018 TOTAL 274.1 257.3

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Table 15. Summary of Committed and Indicative Power Projects,
as of 31 December 2019

Committed Indicative
Type of Power Plant No. of Capacity No. of Capacity
% Share % Share
Proponents (MW) Proponents (MW)
Coal 2 555.0 94.2 3 928.0 37.5
Oil-Based 0 0 0 1 5.9 0.2
Natural Gas 0 0 0 0 0 0
Renewable Energy 3 34.0 5.8 38 1,542.7 62.3
Geothermal 0 0 0 1 30.0 1.2
Hydro 0 0 0 13 583.3 23.6
Biomass 2 9.0 1.5 7 119.4 4.8
Solar 1 25.0 4.2 17 810.0 32.7
Wind 0 0 0 0 0 0
2019 TOTAL 5 589.0 100.0 47 2,476.6 100.0
BESS 1 49.0 3 410.0
2018 TOTAL 11 788.0 41 2,491.0
NOTE: Numbers may not sum to total due to rounding off.

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GRID PROFILE

As of December 2019, a total of 36,436 MVA substation capacities and 20,079 circuit-
km are accounted for in the transmission assets being managed by NGCP. Table 16
below shows the summary of existing facilities.

Table 16. Summary of Existing Facilities, 2018 vs. 2019

Total Substation Capacity (MVA)

2018 2019
Philippines 34,852 36,436
• Luzon 26,598 28,021
• Visayas 4,874 4,884
• Mindanao 3,380 3,531

Total Transmission Line Length (CKT-KM)

2018 2019
Philippines 20,505 20,079
• Luzon 9,447 9,227
• Visayas 5,379 5,299
• Mindanao 5,679 5,553
Source: 2020-2040 TDP

To ensure that voltages across the network are within the levels prescribed in the
Philippine Grid Code, capacitor banks and shunt reactors have been installed in
appropriate locations in different parts of the grid with summary shown in Table 17:

Table 17. Summary of Installed Capacitor Banks and Shunt Reactors, 2019

CAPACITOR BANK (MVAR)* SHUNT REACTOR (MVAR)

Philippines 2,564 1,758

Luzon 2,013 1,160
Visayas 267 575
Mindanao 285 23

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For 2019, 13 main grid projects were completed and energized by NGCP, of which
accumulated by a total of 55ckt-km Transmission Line, 3,200MVA and 1352.5MVAr of
substation capacity. These projects were intended to facilitate entry of generation
capacities, load growth, and system reliability.

Table 18. Transmission Grid Projects Completed, 2019

Date of
Project Name/Components MVA MVAR CKT-KM Completion/
Energization

Luzon Leg
Hermosa–Floridablanca 69 kV
Transmission Line - - 17 Feb 2019

San Jose 500 kV Substation (4th Bank) 750 - - Apr 2019

North Luzon Substation Upgrading Project

300 - - Oct 2019
1 – Malaya Substation

Luzon Voltage Improvement Project 3,

Stage 1 50 Mar 2019

• Cabanatuan Substation (Capacitor 50 Oct 2019

Bank 2)
25 Mar 2019
• Cabanatuan Substation (Capacitor
Bank 1)
• Tuguegarao Substation (Capacitor 200 Mar 2019
Bank 1)
• San Jose Substation (Capacitors Banks 200 Apr 2019
- -
5 & 6)
• Mexico Substation (Capacitor Banks 3 25 Aug 2019
& 7)
• Tuguegarao Substation (Power Shunt 90 Aug 2019
Reactor)
• Nagsaag Substation (Shunt Reactor) 7.5 Sep 2019
• Bantay Substation (Capacitor Bank)
• Laoag Susbtation (Shunt Reactor) 25 Sep 2019
• Laoag Substation (Capacitor Banks)

50 Sep 2019

Luzon Voltage Improvement Project 4,

Stage 1
200 Apr 2019
- -
• Biñan Substation (Capacitor Bank 3 & 200 Apr 2019
4)
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Project Name/Components MVA MVAR CKT-KM Completion/
Energization

• Dasmariñas Substation (Capacitor

Bank 3 & 4)

Tower Structure Upgrading of Bicol

Transmission Facilities (formerly
Permanent Restoration Works of Toppled
Towers by Typhoon Nina) - - - Apr 2019

• Naga–Tiwi C Transmission Line 2 (36

Towers)
Visayas Leg

Visayas Voltage Improvement Project,

Stage 1

• Compostela Substation - 40 - Dec 2019

• Corella Substation - 15 - Dec 2019

Mindanao Leg
Matanao–Toril–Bunawan 230kV
Transmission Line - - 38 Dec 2019

Mindanao 230 kV Backbone, Stage 1

• Bunawan Substation - -
600 Oct 2019
• Toril Substation
600 Nov 2019
• Culaman Substation 50 Dec 2019

Balo-i–Kauswagan–Aurora 230 kV
300 - - Jun 2019
Substation Phase 1

Mindanao 230 kV Backbone, Stage 2

• Villanueva Substation
• Villanueva Subststation (Shunt 600 - - Nov 2019 Sep
Reactor) - 70 - 2019

Mindanao Substation Reliability Project 1

• Maco Substation (Capacitor Bank - 7.5 - Oct 2019
3)
• Nabunturan (Capacitor Bank 5) - 7.5 - Oct 2019

Mindanao Substation Upgrading Project 1 - 15 - Dec 2019

• Pitogo Substation (Capacitor - 22.5 - Oct 2019

Banks 3 & 4)
• Butuan Substation (Capacitor - 15 - Oct 2019
Banks 4 & 5)
- 22.5 - Oct 2019
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Project Name/Components MVA MVAR CKT-KM Completion/
Energization
• Placer Substation (Capacitor
Banks 2 & 3) - 7.5 - Oct 2019
• San Francisco Substation
(Capacitor Banks 1, 2, & 3) - 7.5 - Nov 2019
• Gen. Santos Substation
(Capacitor Bank 4)
• Tacurong Substation (Capacitor
Bank 4)
Total 3,200 1,352.5 55 13 Projects

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The following tables and maps show the list of major committed plants on the grid and
the associated transmission projects that will accommodate their entry:

Luzon Grid

Figure 14. Luzon Generation Capacity Addition (Committed Power Plants)

Table 19. Luzon Power Generation Projects as of December 2019 with

Associated Transmission Projects

Based on DOE List of Private Sector

Based on Transmission Development Plan
Initiated Power Projects as of December
2020-2040
2019

Associated
Proposed Major Capacity Comm.
Connection Point Transmission ETC*
Power Plants (MW) Year
Project
COAL
San Manuel–
Masinloc Masinloc 230 kV Nagsaag 230 kV Mar
300 Q1 2020
Expansion Project* Switchyard Transmission 2021
Line
Hermosa 230 kV
Unit I
Substation (Initial Western 500 kV
RPEI Coal-Fired 2020 Jun
600 Connection) Backbone (Stage
Power Project* 2021
Castillejos 230 kV 1)
Substation

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Based on Transmission Development Plan
Initiated Power Projects as of December
2020-2040
2019

Associated
Proposed Major Capacity Comm.
Connection Point Transmission ETC*
Power Plants (MW) Year
Project
Unit II (Permanent
2021 Connection)
Mariveles– Dec
Hermosa 500 kV 2020
GNPower Dinginin Transmission
2 x 660 MW Line Project
Mariveles 500 kV
Supercritical Coal‐ 1336 2020
Substation
Fired Power Hermosa–San Mar
Project* Jose 500 kV 2021
Transmission
Line Project
Pagbilao 500 kV Mar
Unit 1
Substation 2021
early Q4
A1E Coal‐Fired 2023 Pagbilao 500 kV
1200 Pagbilao–
Power Project* Substation
Tayabas 500 kV Jul 2023
Unit 2
Transmission
TBD
Line Project
OIL-BASED
Ingrid Pililla Diesel Malaya 230 kV
300 Dec 2019 None 2020
Power Plant* Substation
NATURAL GAS
EWC CCGT Power Pagbilao 230 kV Pagbilao 500 kV Mar
650 Dec 2021
Plant * Substation Substation 2021
SOLAR
ELPI Pasuquin
Laoag 115 kV
Solar Power Plant 100 Dec 2019 None N/A
Substation
Project*
Concepcion 1 Solar Concepcion 69 kV
115 Dec 2020 None N/A
Power Project* Substation
BIOMASS
GGREC Napier
Grass‐ Fired Cabanatuan 69 kV
12 Aug 2019 None N/A
Biomass Power Substation
Plant*
ISELCO II San
Isabela La Suerte
5 Nov 2019 Manuel 13.2 kV None N/A
Rice Husk-Fired
feeder
VSGPC Multi‐
Feedstock Biomass Cabanatuan 69 kV
6 Nov 2019 None N/A
Power Plant Substation
Project*
Cleangreen Energy
Hermosa 69 kV
Biomass Power 12 Nov 2019 None N/A
Substation
Plant Project*
Green Innovations
Gamu 69 kV
Biomass Power 18 Nov 2019 None N/A
Substation
Plant*
NOTE: Commissioning year for each power plant is still subject to update.
* - with SIS

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Figure 15. Visayas Generation Capacity Addition (Committed Power Plants)

Table 20. Visayas Power Generation Projects as of December 2019 with

Associated Transmission Projects

Based on DOE List of Private Sector

Based on Transmission Development Plan 2020-
Initiated Power Projects as of December
2040
2019

Associated
Proposed Major Capacity Comm.
Connection Point Transmission ETC
Power Plants (MW) Year
Project
COAL
Palm Concepcion Direct connection Eastern Panay
Coal-Fired Power 135 Dec 2021 to Concepcion Transmission Completed
Project* Substation Line Project
OIL-BASED
No grid N/A
Interim: Cutin reinforcement
along Isabel– required
Isabel Modular Pasar 138 kV Line
Diesel Ancillary 2
70 Dec 2019
Service Power
Project* Final: Direct Cebu–Leyte 230 Mar 2025
connection to kV
Isabel Substation Interconnection
Line 3 and 4
Existing
No grid
TPVI DieselFired connection at
44.58 Nov 2019 reinforcement N/A
Power Plant* NGCP’s Naga 138
required
kV Substation
BIOMASS
BISCOM Tap connection CNP 230 kV
Cogeneration 48 Oct 2019 along Backbone Stage Dec 2021
Power Plant* Kabankalan– La 3

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Based on Transmission Development Plan 2020-
Initiated Power Projects as of December
2040
2019

Associated
Proposed Major Capacity Comm.
Connection Point Transmission ETC
Power Plants (MW) Year
Project
Castellana 69 kV
line
Tap connection
SNBI Cane trash‐ CNP 230 kV
along Bacolod–
Fired Biomass 25 Oct 2019 Backbone Stage Dec 2021
San Enrique 69 kV
Power Project * 3
line
Direct connection
to NGCP’s 69 kV
NNBI Biomass CNP 230 kV
Cadiz Substation
Power Plant 25 Nov 2019 Backbone Stage Dec 2021
or tap connection
Project* 3
along Cadiz-
Victorias 69 kV line
Tap connection CNP 230 kV
VMC Cogeneration
60 Jan 2021 along Cadiz- Backbone Stage Dec 2021
Power Project *
Victorias 69kV line 3
SCBI Multi‐
Tap connection CNP 230 kV
Feedstock
20 Nov 2019 along Cadiz–San Backbone Stage Dec 2021
Biomass Power
Carlos 69 kV line 3
Project *
HPC Cogeneration Tap connection No grid
Power Plant 20.58 Dec 2019 along Cadiz–Silay reinforcement N/A
Project* 69 kV line required
NOTE: Commissioning year for each power plant is still subject to update.

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Figure 16. Mindanao Generation Capacity Addition (Committed Power Plants)

Table 21. Mindanao Power Generation Projects as of August 2018 with

Associated Transmission Projects

Based on DOE List of Private Sector

Based on Transmission Development Plan 2019-
Initiated Power Projects as of August
2040
2018

Proposed Associated
Cap. Comm. Connection
Major Power Transmission ETC
(MW) Year Point
Plants Project
COAL
GNPower
Balo-I –
Kauswagan
Kauswagan Kauswagan 230 kV
Clean Coal‐ 150 Q1 2020 Completed
Substation Transmission Line
Fired Power
Project
Plant*
Villanueva–
FDC‐ MPC CFB
Villanueva Kinamlutan 230 kV
Coal‐ Fired 405 TBD Jan 2025
Substation T/L and Opol S/S
Power Plant
Bus-in Project
SOLAR
Embedded
ADGI GenSan Generation -No
Dec General Santos
Solar Power 24.96 Transmission N/A
2019 Substation
Project* Reinforcement
Required

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Based on Transmission Development Plan 2019-
Initiated Power Projects as of August
2040
2018

Proposed Associated
Cap. Comm. Connection
Major Power Transmission ETC
(MW) Year Point
Plants Project
BIOMASS
Embedded
PTCI Rice Husk‐
Generation -No
Fired Biomass Sultan Kudarat
3 Jun 2019 Transmission N/A
Cogeneration Substation
Reinforcement
Facility
Required
Embedded
SOCOTECO I’s
Generation -No
BFI Biogas Nov 69 kV
5.96 Transmission N/A
Power Project 2019 SubTransmissi
Reinforcement
on Line
Required
NOTE: Commissioning year for each power plant is still subject to update.
* - with SIS

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1 Bolo to Laoag 500kV Backbone (July 2025) TRANSMISSION MASTER PLAN

➢ To support the entry of large generation capacity in La
Union and Mountain Province and to accommodate the
additional wind farm project in Ilocos Area.

2 Nagsaag to Kabugao 500kV Backbone (Dec 2035)

➢ To harness the bulk hydro generation capacities in the

upstream of Apayao and consideration to the full wind
power generation potential in North Luzon.

3 Western Luzon 500kV Backbone (June 2025)

Stage 1: Castillejos-Hermosa 500kV T/L (June 2020)

➢ To develop a 500 kV western corridor that will
accommodate the bulk generation in Zambales
area.
Stage 2: Castillejos–Bolo 500 kV T/L (Aug 2024)
➢ To provide additional transmission line capacity
and increase system reliability through N-2
contingency for the 500 kV backbone in Luzon.

4 Metro Manila 500kV Backbone Loop (Sept 2021)

➢ To provide additional transmission line capacity and

accommodate demand growth in the load center of
Luzon.

5 Batangas-Mindoro Interconnection (Dec 2024)

➢ To provide additional transmission line capacity and

accommodate demand growth in the load center of
Luzon. Figure 17. Proposed Transmission Master Plan

6 Luzon-Visayas Bipolar Operation (Dec 2030) 10 Cebu-Bohol-Leyte 230kV Backbone (Dec 2035)

➢ To accommodate additional generation, import and ➢ To significantly boost the supply reliability to support load
export to the Visayas Grid growth.

7 Palawan–Mindoro Interconnection Project- 11 Mindanao-Visayas Interconnection (Dec 2020)

PMIP (Dec 2024)
➢ To boost the development of the country’s electricity
➢ To provide the Mainland Palawan a more reliable market to include the Mindanao Grid.
supply of power and to address the power quality issues ➢ To provide benefit to the system in terms of added supply
which result to frequent blackouts experienced by security, improved system reliability and improvement in
customers. The project is also in support to the the quality of power supply.
government’s direction of interconnecting off-grid areas
into the main grid.
12 Mindanao 230kV Backbone (Dec 2019)
8 Cebu-Negros-Panay 230kV Backbone (Dec 2020) ➢ To increase transfer capacity of the existing corridor and
Stage 1: Negros-Panay Interconnection (Dec 2019) maintain the N-1 contingency provision.
➢ To increase transfer capacity of the existing
corridor and maintain the N-1 contingency
provision. 13 Western Mindanao 230kV Transmission Backbone
(Dec 2040)
Stage 2: Cebu Substation
➢ To ensure the effective full generation dispatch of ➢ To obtain power flow reliability in Maguindanao and
the entry of a new power plant. Zamboanga Peninsula.
Stage3: Negros-Cebu Interconnection
➢ To accommodate the transmission of excess
power from Panay and Negros Islands towards the Eastern Mindanao 230kV Transmission Backbone
rest of the Visayas Grid and possibly Luzon Grid. 14 (Jan 2025)
➢
9 Metro Cebu Backbone Loop (Dec 2040) ➢ To entail reinforcement of existing single circuit lines and
extension of needed lines mainly in CARAGA and Davao
➢ To ensure adequate supply facilities in the long term. Oriental.
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Several incidents caused multiple power interruptions in the Grid in 2019.

● 20 January 2019, attributed to heavy flooding brought by the entry of Typhoon

Amang which caused outage to below transmission line:

Table 22. Transmission Outages due to Typhoon Amang

Transmission Line Duration (hrs) Frequency

San Francisco – Tandag 69 kV 4.19 1

• 02 December 2019, attributed to heavy flooding brought by the entry of Typhoon

Tisoy which caused outages on the following:

Table 23. Transmission Outages due to Typhoon Tisoy

Transmission Line Duration (hrs) Frequency

Borongan - Quinapondan 69 kV Line 2.75 1

Calbayog-Bliss 69 kV Line 46.03 1
Calbayog-Palanas-Allen-Lao-ang 69 kV L 39.90 1
Daraga-Bacman 230 kV L1 339.60 2
Daraga-Bacman 230 KV L2 326.22 1
Daraga-Naga 230 kV L1 322.93 1
Daraga-Tiwi A 230 kV L 257.73 1
Dasma-Abubot-Rosario 115 kV L 1.77 2
Dingle-Calinog 69 kV L (CO) 1.53 1
Dolores-Malaya 230 kV L1 0.25 1
Gumaca-Labo 230 kV L2 132.83 1
Labo-Gumaca 230 kV L1 22.47 1
Labo-Naga 230 kV L1 61.80 1
Lumban-Gumaca 230 kV L1 177.62 3
Naga-Tayabas 230 kV L1 0.77 1
Naga-Tayabas 230 kV L2 18.87 3
Naga-Tiwi A 230 kV L 366.42 1
Naga-Tiwi C 230 kV L1 622.05 1
Ormoc-Lemon-Tolosa-San Isidro 69 kV Line 21.98 2
Pagbilao-Tayabas 230 kV L2 1.70 2
Paranas-Borongan-Quinapondan 69 kV L 16.57 1
San Jose-Tayabas 500 kV L2 0.27 1
Tayabas-Naga 230 kV L1 62.57 1

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• 24 December 2019 due to the entry of Typhoon Ursula that caused 15 trippings on
the following transmission lines:

Table 24. Transmission outages due to Typhoon Ursula

Transmission Line Duration (hrs) Frequency

Avon-Caticlan 69 kV L (CO) 135.48 1

Babatngon-Apitong-Arado 69 kV Line 40.50 1
Caticlan-Malay 69kV L 112.08 1
Concepcion-Sara-Estancia 69 kV Line 8.78 1
Dingle-Calinog 69 kV L (CO) 0.22 1
Malay 69/13.2 kV T1 (30MVA) 0.32 1
Miag-ao-Tigbauan 69 kV Line 13.37 1
Ormoc-Lemon-Tolosa-San Isidro 69 kV Line 0.05 1
Panit-an-Altavas 69 kV L 0.00 1
Panit-an-Circuit 124 69 kV Tie Line (CO) 5.55 1
Panit-an-Roxas 69 kV L 17.00 1
Panit-an-Sara 69 kV Line 0.00 1
San Jose - Bugasong - SUWECO 69 kV L 7.77 1
San Jose-Hamtic 69 kV L 2.82 2

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 DISTRIBUTION

There are one-hundred fifty-one (151) distribution utilities (DUs) in the country, of
which one-hundred twenty-one (121) are Electric Cooperatives, twenty-four (24)
Privately-Owned Distribution Utilities including entities duly authorized to operate
within the economic zones, five (5) local government unit owned and operated utilities,
and one (1) Multi-Purpose Cooperative.

To ensure the reliability and security of power supply, DUs have implemented various
capital expenditure projects including electrification, network and non-network
projects. As of 2019, a total of 7,160 ckt-km of sub-transmission lines, 186,017 ckt-km
of distribution lines and 28,563 MVA substation capacities were completed. Table 25
shows the actual completed projects of DUs per grid:

Table 25. 2019 Capital Expenditure Projects

CAPITAL EXPENDITURE PROJECTS

Luzon
Subtransmission Facilities ckt-km 4,005
Distribution Facilities ckt-km 83,576
Substation Capacities MVA 21,976
Visayas
Subtransmission Facilities ckt-km 1,051
Distribution Facilities ckt-km 38,479
Substation Capacities MVA 2,783
Mindanao
Subtransmission Facilities ckt-km 2,104
Distribution Facilities ckt-km 63,962
Substation Capacities MVA 3,804
Source: 2019-2028 Distribution Development Plan

The following figures are the one-page infographic profiles of the DUs per region which
features the regional supply and demand outlook and annual average growth rate of
peak demand over the ten-year planning period. It also shows the actual and
forecasted energy requirements of the DUs and the 2018 actual number of customers
per sector: residential, commercial, industrial, and others. Also, the completed (as of
2019) and planned capital expenditures projects are also presented.

NOTE:

1. All data and information contained in the one-page infographic profile were
sourced from the 2019-2028 Distribution Development Plan of the DUs.

2. DUs without submission are marked with (*).

3. Data of Supply and Demand, Number of Customers, Energy Sales, Electricity

Purchased, System Loss and Capital Expenditure Projects may not add up to
totals due to rounding off numbers.

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Figure 18. One-Page Infograpic Profile of DUs - NCR

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Figure 19. One-Page Infograpic Profile of DUs - CAR

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Figure 20. One-Page Infograpic Profile of DUs – Region I

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Figure 21. One-Page Infograpic Profile of DUs – Region II

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Figure 22. One-Page Infograpic Profile of DUs – Region III

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Figure 23. One-Page Infograpic Profile of DUs – Region IV-A

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Figure 24. One-Page Infograpic Profile of DUs – Region IV-B

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Figure 25. One-Page Infograpic Profile of DUs – Region V

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Figure 26. One-Page Infograpic Profile of DUs – Region VI

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Figure 27. One-Page Infograpic Profile of DUs – Region VII

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Figure 28. One-Page Infograpic Profile of DUs – Region VIII

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Figure 29. One-Page Infograpic Profile of DUs – Region IX

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Figure 30. One-Page Infograpic Profile of DUs – Region X

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Figure 31. One-Page Infograpic Profile of DUs – Region XI

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Figure 32. One-Page Infograpic Profile of DUs – Region XII

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Figure 33. One-Page Infograpic Profile of DUs – Region XIII

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Figure 34. One-Page Infograpic Profile of DUs – BARMM

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ELECTRIFICATION

Peak Demand* Capacity

302 MW Installed – 526 MW
Dependable – 416 MW

Electricity Newly
Sales and Operational Capacity
Consumption 37 MW
1,470 GWh

Distribution**
Gross EC - 43
Generation PIOU - 1
LGUOU - 1
1,623 GWh MPC – 1
QTP – 1
*Subject to change based on the availability of data NPC-SPUG
** Inclusive of DUs with grid and off-grid customers

Electricity Sales and Consumption (in GWh)

•

• • •
Off-grid areas in the
• 49% • 22% • 5% Philippines recorded a total
electricity sales and
• 715 • 326 • 68
consumption of 1470 GWh, a
9.2% increase from the
Residential Commercial Industrial
previous year’s consumption
of 1,346 GWh. The
residential sector remains to
• • •
have the highest percentage
• 11% • 0% • 13% share of 49% or 715 GWh,
• 169 • 3 • 190 and followed by the
commercial sector with a
Systems
Others Own-Use share of 22% or 326 GWh.
Loss

Figure 35. 2019 Electricity Sales and Consumption, Off-Grid

Gross Generation (GWh)

The total installed capacity in 279 small island and isolated grids (SIIGs) decreased
by 2.5% from 568 MW in 2018 to 526 MW in 2019. The 7.4% decrease can be
attributed to the decommissioning of aging generating units as well as the reduction
of rental capacities of the Small Power Utilities Group of the National Power
Corporation (NPC-SPUG). On the other hand, off-grid generation increased from
1,492 GWh in 2018 to 1,623 GWh in 2019 (8.8%).

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Installed Capacity Gross Generation

Solar Wind
Hydro 0.0% Hydro 0.2% Solar
5.8% 4.8% 0.3%

526 MW 1,623 GWh

Oil Oil
94.2% 94.8%

Figure 36. 2019 Off-Grid Installed Capacity2 and Generation

The year 2019 saw a more diversified capacity and generation mix due to the
commercial operation of wind and solar power plants in Oriental Mindoro and Tablas
Island, respectively. Further, a new power provider, Renesons Energy Polillo, Inc.,
started its commercial operation of its diesel power plant in Polillo Island in 2019.

Figure 37. New Power Plants in Off-Grid Areas (Luzon)

As part of the program towards total electrification, NPC-SPUG provided power

generation service to three (3) new areas in 2019. Further, NPC-SPUG also increased
its service level in various areas. These developments in off-grid electrification, among
others, contributed to the increase in electricity demand from 277 MW in 2018 to 302
MW in 2019.

2
Note: 16 MW PHESI wind power plant and 7.5MWp STEC solar power plant were not included in the 2019 capacity mix.
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Table 26. Off-Grid Demand per Service Hours, 2018 vs. 2019

2018 2019
Service Hours
No. of SIIGs Demand, MW No. of SIIGs Demand, MW
5 135 1 134 1
8 49 2 48 3
12-16 29 7 20 5
24 64 266 77 293
TOTAL 277 277 279 302
NOTE: Numbers may not sum up to total due to rounding off.

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 MAJOR POLICIES ISSUED IN 2019 RELATED TO GENERATION,
TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION

Table 27. List of Department Circular Issued in 2019

DEPARTMENT
DATE OF
CIRCULAR TITLE OBJECTIVE
ISSUANCE
NUMBER
To prescribe an omnibus set of
guidelines that incorporate and
Prescribing the Omnibus interrelate all existing and new
Guidelines on Enhancing policies and strategies for
Off-Grid Power 01/25/2019 achieving quality, reliable,
DC2019-01-0001
Development and affordability, security, stability,
Operation efficiency and accountability of
electric power services in off-
grid areas
To issue, adopt, and
promulgate a framework
governing the operations of
Providing for the embedded generators pursuant
Framework Governing to its authority and mandate
DC2019-02-0003 02/08/2019
the Operations of under EPIRA and its
Embedded Generators Implementing Rules and
Regulations (IRR), and after
due consideration of the inputs
from various stakeholders.

Rules and Regulations To issue, adopt, and

Implementing Republic promulgate implementing rules
DC2019-05-0007 Act No. 11234 (Energy 05/28/2019 and regulations of Republic Act
Virtual One-Stop Shop No. 11234 (Energy Virtual One-
Act) Stop Shop Act).
Prescribing the
Administrative Operating To adopt and promulgate
Guidelines for the administrative operating
Availment and Utilization guidelines for the availment and
of Financial Benefits by utilization of Financial Benefits
DC2019-06-0010 06/14/2019
the Indigenous Cultural by the Host ICCs/IPs in
Communities/Indigenous compliance with DC2018-03-
Peoples pursuant to the 005 in relation to DC2018-08-
DOE Department Circular 0021.
No. DC2018-03-0005

Amending Various To issue, adopt, and

Issuances on the promulgate policies for the
DC2019-07-0011 Implementation of the 07/29/2019 continuous development and
Retail Competition and implementation of RCOA as
Open Access (RCOA) embodied in the EPIRA.

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DATE OF
CIRCULAR TITLE OBJECTIVE
ISSUANCE
NUMBER

Providing a Framework To issue, adopt, and

for Energy Storage promulgate a framework for
DC2019-08-0012 08/01/2019
System in the Electric Energy Storage System in the
Power Industry Electric Power Industry.

To update and revise the

existing guidelines on the
participation of qualified third
parties to provide a policy and
Prescribing Revised
regulatory environment that is
DC2019-11-0015 Guidelies for Qualified 11/22/2019
more conducive to the
Third Party
participation of the private
section and to meet the total
electrification target of the
Government

To issue, adopt, and

promulgate Renewable Energy
Promulgating the Market (REM) Rules to all
DC2019-12-0016 Renewable Energy 12/04/2019 electric industry participants in
Market Rules Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao,
both in the On-Grid and Off-Grid
Areas.
Adopting Further
Amendments to the
To adopt, issue, and
Wholesale Electricity
promulgate amendments to the
Spot Market (WESM)
WESM Rules and WESM
Rules and Market Manual
DC2019-12-0017 12/04/2019 Guidelines on Significant
on Guidelines on
Variations In and Between
Significant Variations In
Trading Intervals to Refine
and Between Trading
Publication Procedures.
Intervals to Refine
Publication Procedures
Adopting a General
To issue, adopt, and
Framework Governing
promulgate policies governing
DC2019-12-0018 the Provision and 12/04/2019
the provision and utilization of
Utilization of Ancillary
Ancillary Services in the Grid.
Services in the Grid

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 Prepared by the
Power Planning and Development Division (PPDD)
Electric Power Industry Management Bureau (EPIMB)
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Felix William B. Fuentebella

Undersecretary

Redentor E. Delola
Assistant Secretary

Mario C. Marasigan, CESO III

Director, OIC-Electric Power Industry Management Bureau

Irma C. Exconde
Assistant Director, Electric Power Industry Management Bureau

Power Planning and Development Division

Thelma B. Ejercito
OIC-Division Chief

Mark Christian P. Marollano Emilyn T. Reyes-Aguila

Jhoana R. Bautista-Limbaga Andrew P. Catayong
Noriel Christopher R. Reyes Leny A. Etcoy
Kenneth Jack P. Muñoz Garret Gim U. Sol
Jordan M. Ballaran Angelo C. Africa
Selena Kay D. Galeos Zander Louie S. Villamor

Department of Energy
Energy Center, Rizal Drive cor 34th Street, Bonifacio Global City (BGC),
Taguig City, Philippines, 1632
Tel. Nos.: 8840-2173; 8479-2900 local 202, 386
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