TNB hosted HAPUA Internal Audit Workshop

Tenaga Nasional Berhad hosted the Inaugural HAPUA Internal Audit Workshop from 27-28 February 2017 at Hotel Grand Millennium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The objective of the workshop was to provide a platform for internal auditors to share their experience and knowledge with the aim of enhancing their capability and professionalism. With the capability required, internal auditors can move up the value chain and become a trusted advisor to the organization.

The dynamism of the ASEAN region poses many challenges and opportunities to the industry. With all the development that is taking place in this part of the world, the new challenge to people in the electricity industry is to manage  and provide the supply that suits the requirements of the customers particularly in high tech industries.  Auditors can no longer focus on its own internal tasks. It must be responsible for ensuring that Audit’s strategy, goals and priorities are driven by and aligned with the overall business needs.

A forum of this nature will certainly serve as a good platform  to exchange experience and new ideas to fulfil the objectives and the responsibilities of utilities in the respective countries.  Auditors must understand the organization’s business. In addition to fully understand the business, Auditors must understand the environment in which it operates, the competition, and the circumstances that could influence the progress of the organization.

A total of 43 delegates participated. They were from Pembangkitan Jawa Bali (PJB) of  Indonesia, EDL Gen of Laos, Tenaga Nasional Berhad and Sarawak Energy Berhad of Malaysia, National Grid Corporation of Philippines, TRANSCO, MERALCO of Philippines, Singapore Power of Singapore , Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT), Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) of  Thailand and Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) of Vietnam

MERALCO hosted the HAPUA WG 5 Program on Renewable Energy Project Development and Financing , 20-23 Feb 2017, Philippines

The program was participated by Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) of Thailand, Electricite du Laos (EDL), EDL Gen of Laos and Tenaga Nasional Berhad of Malaysia

Participants were expose to the following areas during the 4 day program

  • challenges and trend in RE Project Development in the Philippine environment;
  • Understanding  the  contract structure and financial risks for different types of renewable projects including biomass, on-shore wind, off-shore wind, solar PV, solar thermal and geothermal.
  • how to create resource analysis and financial models for renewable energy that incorporates resource risk, financing structure, tax treatments, alternative pricing policies and other  factors.
  • practical excel-based tools to analyze renewable energy project including resource analysis of biomass, wind, hydro and solar data.
  • Measuring and evaluating changes in the risk of projects from development to construction to mature operation stages of the project and how equity returns and value change at different phases of a project’s life.
  • Understanding and analyzing the implications of project finance features in the context of renewable energy (such as sculpting, debt funding, debt size, DSCR, DSRA, debt tenor, re-financing) on the levelised cost of energy and the equity returns from renewable energy.
  • Developing efficient ways to quickly compute the levelized electricity cost of different technologies using carrying charge factors and alternative financial models; and evaluate recent cost trends in capital cost, operating cost and efficiency of renewable resource through studying financial condition of wind and solar suppliers over the past few years

Mr. Ed Bodmer – RE Project Development Facilitator delivering his topics

33 participants from 18 companies participated in the program

From left to right:
Mr. Ed Bodmer – RE Project Development Facilitator, Mr. Eugene Araullo – Head of Meralco Power Academy, Atty. Jose M. Layug – Chairman of National Renewable Energy and Former Department of Energy USEC.

HAPUA Working Group 5 Seminar on Change Management to Drive Corporate Culture

PT Indonesia Power, on behalf of PT PLN (Persero) organized a HAPUA Working Group 5 Seminar on Change Management to Drive Corporate Culture in Lafayette Boutique Hotel Yogyakarta, Indonesia, from 20 – 24 February 2017. Seventeen participants from Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB), Sabah Electricity Sdn Berhad (SESB), Electricite Du Laos (EDL), EDL – Generation Public Company (EDL-Gen), PT. Pembangkitan Jawa Bali (PT PJB), and Vietnam Electricity Ho Chi Minh City (EVN HCMC) participated in this Seminar.

Mr. Roikhan, Director of Human Resources and Administration of PT Indonesia Power on his welcoming speech expressed his expectation towards this Seminar. This Seminar was expected to be a media that could strengthen the cooperation and a useful benchmark for each company. Following the welcoming speech from Mr. Roikhan, Mr. Arif Wahyu Adi gave a keynote speech on behalf of PT PLN (Persero) and shared his idea about Change Management & Performance Management in PT PLN (Persero). During the first day of the Seminar, the participants shared about the implementation of Change Management in their companies.

On the second and the third day of the Seminar, the participants were invited to visit UP Mrica, Panglima Besar Soedirman Hydro Power Plant in Banjarnegara and UJP Adipala Coal Fired Power Plant in Cilacap Central of Java. The participants were able to see the implementation of Change Management in these units of PT Indonesia Power.

In the closing ceremony, the participants said that this Seminar was a great opportunity for them to have a benchmark on the Implementation of Change Management in other companies especially PT Indonesia Power. The participants also conveyed their gratitude and appreciation toward the organizing committee for their hard work and hospitality.

ASEAN – Japan Collaboration to Support APG

(Kuala Lumpur, 26 October 2016) Working Group 5, chaired by Malaysia, in collaboration with Japan Electric Power Information Center (JEPIC) organised a-three-day program on ASEAN Power Grid Initiative in Hotel Grand Millennium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 24 – 26 October 2016. With the theme of System – to – System interconnection and the ASEAN Power Grid Initiative, the symposium was a media for both sides to exchange knowledge and practice.

In the circumstance of growing demand of electricity, chronic power supply shortage, rapid growth of renewable energies and high necessity of energy security, electric power interchange between regions and/or countries is one of technical topics which should be addressed.  Effective and sufficient power interchange will be attained by robust interconnections between systems.  In this regard, ASEAN countries are currently tackling with the ASEAN Power Grid Initiative, of which importance has been reaffirmed in the HAPUA Council Joint Statement 2015.  In Japan, on the other hand, although there is no interconnecting system with surrounding countries and regions, the system is divided into semi-independent regional systems, almost all of which are mutually interconnected.  In order to enhance regional interconnections, the Organization for Cross – regional Coordination of Transmission Operators (“OCCTO”) was established in April 2015.

The symposium was opened by TNB’s General Manager of HR Shared Service Center, Ms. Rohana binti A. Rahman and JEPIC’s Director Division No. 2 Research Department, Mr. Hideo Suzuki. Attended by 44 delegates from TNB, JEPIC, APGCC, EDL, EGAT, EVN, SEB, and SESB, the symposium enabled all delegates to share knowledge on technical and commercial aspects of interconnection system.

Integrate Electricity in Southeast Asia, PLN-HAPUA-AEMI Held Workshop

(Jakarta, 26 May 2016) In accordance to the implementation of electricity interconnection system in Southeast Asia region, Heads of Power Utilities/Authorities (HAPUA) in collaboration with ASEAN Energy Market Integration (AEMI) of Chulalongkorn University with support of PT PLN (Persero) held workshop of “Powering ASEAN : Can the Nordic Model Work?” in Aryaduta Hotel, Jakarta, on Wednesday-Thursday (25-26 May 2016). It is related to one of ASEAN Economic Community objectives: to integrate energy market in the framework of ASEAN Electricity Exchange (AEE), and to enhance the implementation of ASEAN Power Grid (APG), with objectives to achieve regional energy security from the availability to quality of energy supply, to optimize regional resources especially new and renewable energy, and to have accessible energy to all ASEAN people.

This workshop was attended by representatives of HAPUA Members (PLN of Indonesia, TNB of Malaysia, and Singapore Power of Singapore), Energy Commission of Malaysia, National University of Singapore, AEMI of Chulalongkorn University, Nord Pool Consulting of Norway, Ricardo Energy & Environment of UK, Royal Norwegian Embassy in Singapore, ASEAN Secretariat, and ASEAN Center for Energy.

In his opening speech, HAPUA Secretary in Charge Syaiful B. Ibrahim highlighted that ASEAN emphasizes the energy market integration even though faced by numerous obstacles, such as regulation harmonization and commitment. For that reason, HAPUA must collaborate intensively with ASEAN to accelerate the ASEAN connectivity in energy and electricity.

“Let us continue to strive towards the realization of further APG projects, while working to resolve the challenges of cross border power trade and investments,” Syaiful stressed.

This workshop was a media for related institutions to plan the implementation of ASEAN interconnection by adopting the scheme of prior successful integration project: Nord Pool and South African Power Pool (SAPP).

Nord Pool and SAPP succeeded to secure regional electricity efficiently by also maintaining the economic benefits for each related parties. Like Nord Pool, SAPP that has been built since 1995, integrated several utilities in the region through power exchange mechanism. This model was also adapted to integrate 29 country states in India.

The AEE itself is set not to interfere with national energy market and to transform public utilities into private. The utility with surplus supply of electricity will export its capacity to neighboring utility to increase ratio of electrification in the region.

To make the AEE works, the next step would be the creation of feasibility study proposal. The collaboration with ASEAN Secretariat, experts from Norway, U.K, and South Africa is necessary.

The result of this workshop is a forum statement that compromises understanding and steps of AEE: why AEE is necessary, supporting features of AEE, SWOT analysis, operational structure, capacity building, recommendation, and action plan of AEE until it launches in 2018.