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DC2022-10-0031

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operative
Confidence
high
Effective date
2022-10-05

Full title: Declaring All Renewable Energy Resources as Preferential Dispatch Generating Units in the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market, Amending for This Purpose Department Circular No. DC2015-03-0001

Issued: October 5, 2022 | By: Secretary Raphael P.M. Lotilla | Amends: DC2015-03-0001

Key Provisions

  • Declares all RE generating units (existing and new) as either Must Dispatch or Priority Dispatch in WESM — collectively “Preferential Dispatch” [DC2022-10-0031, §§2–3, 2022-10-05]
  • Must Dispatch: Wind, solar, run-of-river hydro, ocean — dispatched by preference whenever generation available; operated in free active power control mode; SO may curtail only for grid security [DC2022-10-0031, §§3(a), 6.3(f), 2022-10-05]
  • Priority Dispatch: Biomass (FIT and non-FIT), geothermal, impounding hydro — given option/preference, subject to contractual obligations [DC2022-10-0031, §3(b), 2022-10-05]
  • Key expansion: DC2015-03-0001 gave Priority Dispatch only to FIT-eligible biomass; DC2022-10-0031 extends it to all non-intermittent RE
  • MO (IEMOP) to amend WESM Rules and Manuals; WESM Governance Arm monitors forecast accuracy compliance; SO must ensure maximum RE penetration and include transmission needs in TDP; DUs must give priority to embedded RE in distribution network [DC2022-10-0031, §6, 2022-10-05]
  • Penalties under RA 9513 §35(e) for non-compliance [DC2022-10-0031, §7, 2022-10-05]

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