Ingenieur Vol 61 January-March 2015 | Page 56

INGENIEUR Id Description Northern System 9 Thailand-Lao PDR 10 Lao PDR- Vietnam 11 Thailand- Myanmar 12 Vietnam- Cambodia 13 Lao PDR- Cambodia 14 Thailand- Cambodia Existing (MW) 2,619 2,111 248 170 100 On-going (MW) 6,550 3,352 2,898 300 - Future (MW) 17,004 3,095 TBD 11,709 2,200 Southern System 1 P. Malaysia- Singapore 4 ✭ P. Malaysia- Sumatra 5 Batam- Singapore 16 Singapore- Sumatra 450 450 - 600 600 - 1,800 600 600 600 2,850 1,050 600 600 600 Eastern System 6 ✭ Sarawak- W. Kalimantan 7 Philippines- Sabah 8 Sarawak- Sabah- Brunei 15 E. Sabah- E. Kalimantan - 430 230 200 - 800 500 100 200 1,230 230 500 300 200 Northern- Southern Link 2 Thailand- P. Malaysia 380 380 100 100 300 300 780 780 Southern- Eastern Link 3 Sarawak- P. Malaysia - - 3,200 3,200 3,200 3,200 Grand Total 3,459 7,680 23,104 34,243 Note: 1. Ongoing Projects are projects with Tariff MOU/ Contract Signed 2. TBC stands for To Be Confirmed 3. SCOD stands for Scheduled Commercial Operating Date ✭ Priority Projects Total (MW) 26,183 8,558 3,146 11,709 170 300 2,300 Table 1: Status of ASEAN Interconnection Projects [1] These include issues on Taxation, Tariff and Third Party Assess or Wheeling Charge. Finally, it is also necessary to identify and recommend financing modalities including Public Private Participation (PPP) in the development of APG Projects [11]. The National agendas of ASEAN countries to some extent become an impediment to the promotion of power trade. Presently, there are considerably diverse national energy policies across the region. These policies reflect the differences in political direction, economic development and utilisation of natural resources. Some countries desire for self-sufficiency before interconnectivity is even considered, while others express concern over restructuring to be competitive under APG. To sum up, there is a need for greater stability and consistency in the 6 54 VOL 61 JANUARY – MARCH 2015 VOL 55 JUNE 2013 application of energy -related policies to make APG achievable [1]. These challenges are well acknowledged. As such, HAPUA and APGCC have formulated strategies, as depicted in Figure 6, to accelerate the APG development and ultimately enable ASEAN Electricity Market Integration. LAO DPR, THAILAND, MALAYSIA, SINGAPORE POWER INTEGRATION PROJECT Existing Interconnections in Malaysia Peninsular Malaysia’s grid is interconnected with Thailand in the North and Singapore in the South. Currently, TNB grid system is interconnected with Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand