Suphakit Nuntavorakarn Healthy Public Policy Foundation, THAILAND

‘Working for Desirable Future’:Transparency and participation

in electricity sector planning in ThailandSuphakit Nuntavorakarn

Healthy Public Policy Foundation, THAILAND26th September 2011 FESTI International Conference, Bishkek

Installed Capacity by Type of Producers, April 2011

Total 31,516.61 MWEGAT 14,998.12 MW 47.59%Import 2,184.60 MW 6.93%IPP 12,151.59 MW 38.56%SPP 2,182.30 MW 6.92%From www.egat.co.th

Power Development Plan (PDP)• PDP is the long-term strategic plan of the Thai power

sector (15-20 years timeframe)• PDP determines the future investment on power

generation - how many and which types of power plant – and the transmission network.

– For example, total investment of PDP2010 120 billion USD

• So PDP also determines the future impacts of the power sector, including environmental, economic, social, and health impacts

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Power Development Plan 2010-2030 (PDP2010)Installed Capacity by fuel type

Renewables

Import

Natural GasImported coal

Nuclear

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Drivers and institutional improvements on PDP

Triggering the changes: local communities protesting against large power plant projects

• Concerns about negative impacts

• Is the project really necessary? Due to over demand forecast

• Is there other energy options? Renewable energy in their area instead?

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Reference : National Statistic Office

Energy expenses and their burden onThai households 1990-2006

Triggering the changes: consumer groups who are questioning about the unfair electricity tariff

Academic contributions andpublic communication

• Information and analysis on the electricity sector- to create basic understanding for different social sector and

to get their attentions on various issues about PDP

• Development and impact assessment on Alternative Power Development Plans

- to create ‘Choice Awareness’ on many energy options andthese can be discuss deliberately as a social learning process

• Electricity Governance Assessment- focus on transparency, public participation, and accountability in the

Thai power sector

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GWh3 Huge Shopping Malls VS. The Whole Province

Inequality of Electricity Consumption

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Jun-93Dec-94Oct-95Apr-96Oct-96Jun-97Sep-97Sep-98(MER)Feb-01Aug-02Jan-04(LEG)Jan-04(MEG)Apr-06 (MEG)Jan-07ACTUAL

Question on Systematic Over-Demand Forecast

The figures of over demand forecast

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demand (MW)

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• Using Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) as the main criteria for setting electricity tariff may lead to over investment

• since more investment means more profit

• Strong regulation on investment plans is needed, but the Regulators still lack of data, knowledge, and human resources to check and balance

ROIC and Investment Efficiency

ROIC = Net profit after tax Investment EGAT 84. % MEA PEA

48.%

Result :Over Demand Forecast and prefer high investment

options

The cycle of supporting more investment under ‘monopoly’ power

OverDemand ForecastPower Planning

that preferhigh investment

options

Electricity tariff that allowthe pass on of excess costs to consumers

Benefits of utilities, energy companies, etc.

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Ft : Fuel Adjustment Charge• EGAT: a part of the electricity tariff that increase or

decrease automatically, according to changes in fuel costs and other uncontrol costs

• The mechanism to pass on the costs to consumers, which includes– Fuel costs– Electricity price for private producers and import

(including profit guarantee, compensation for inflation and exchange rate)

– Expenses according to government policies (e.g. Community Development Funds, ‘Adder’ for renewable energy, etc.)

– Compensation for lower sale (or over investment)

DSM and Energy DSM and Energy Efficiency areEfficiency are

the cheapest energy the cheapest energy optionsoptions

ท่ีมา: World Bank, World Development Report 2010

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Saving target of T5 high efficiency light bulb program 2010-2019

ปี 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018MW 43 129 215 344 473 584 498 369 198

Saving target of DSM program for 2020-2030

Save 0.3% ofthe peak demand in

20 years

Fast Growth of Fast Growth of Renewable Energy in Renewable Energy in

ThailandThailandการเพ่ิมข้ึนของกำาลังการผลิตติดต้ังจากพลังงานหมุนเวียน

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Installed Capacity of Different PDP Options

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GHG reduction measures1 . increase DSM2. increase Renewables3. decrease coal

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Energy Generations from Different Technology Deployment in Various PDP Options


Energy Generation in Different PDP Options

Comparative Impact Assessment on various

Alternative PDPsEconomics

Environment Social

Total GHG Emission of Different PDP Options

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increase GDP by 5.6%

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Higher GDP Contribution and Lower Imported Cost

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Job Creation in Different PDP Options

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Institutional Improvements on PDP:The policy network

• Expanding from mainly local communities against projects, NGOs, and some academics

• To different parts of the society, for example, consumer networks, community energy movement, National Human Rights Commission, several Ministries, Senate committee, the regulators, as well as EGAT and Ministry of Energy

• The network itself was transformed from ‘physical’ network to ‘coordinate by contents’ and more open aiming at social learning process on PDP

Institutional Improvements on PDP:The role of private sector

• The group on renewable energy, SPP and VSPP, was rather active, but conservative on pushing for change.

• The large power companies, IPP, have been passive to push for changes.

Outcomes on PDP process and key features

1. Goals for the PDP

not a clear step as it was done by the same group of authorities and experts

The routine goals on energy security and least costPlus lower CO2 emission and, to some extent, renewable energy and social acceptance of PDP

2. Future demand forecast

Systematic over-estimation

Lower the forecast of 4,207 MW in 2030 during public participation, equals to 4,800 million USD investment


3. DSM and EE Not consider in the planning process

Integrate DSM in load forecast and the generation expansion (but with extremely low figure)

4. Renewable energy

Not consider majority of RE projects as dependable capacity

Include the re-estimated RE target and approved dependable capacity of each RE technology

5. Combined Heat and Power (CHP)

Problems in the continuity of the policy on buying electricity from new CHP projects

Include CHP of 7,177 MW within 2030


6. Centralized supply options – coal, natural gas, large hydropower, nuclear

Being the key candidate plants and usually with bias assumptions to favor these options

Still being the key candidate plants, but with more reasonable assumptions, particularly natural gas

7. Public Hearing in the planning process and draft PDP

no public hearing on the draft PDP

Only in 2009 and 2010 that the public hearing on the draft PDP was arranged

Future challenges1) Sharpen the analysis and more effective communications,for example- improve from Forecast to Foresight and more detail analysis for peak and off-peak period, and base-intermediate-peaking supply options- improving dependable capacity and load factor of renewable energy2) Proactive participation of local communities and policy networks in PDP process as well as other policy and planning process3) Promote good governance and solving Conflict of Interests of the senior staffs in the Ministry of Energy4) Ensure accountability of the government on PDP decision-making process as well as share and fair responsibility of each electricity user category

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