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Table of Contents

Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………………………….2

History of AORC Panel………………………………………………………………………………………8

Panel B1………………………………………………………………………………………………..8

History of AORC-CIGRE Member Countries………………………………………………………..21

Australia.……………………………………………………………………………………………..22

China…………………………………………………………………………………………………..31

India……………………………………………………………………………………………………43

Japan…………………………………………………………………………………………………..75

Korea…………………………………………………………………………………………………..89

Malaysia……………………………………………………………………………………………..109

New Zealand……………………………………………………………………………………...139

Thailand…………………………………………………………………………………………….150

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INTRODUCTION

The History of Asia-Oceania Regional Council of CIGRE

Since Year 1999

Foundation of Asia-Oceania Regional Council of CIGRE (AORC-CIGRE)

During 1990‘s, several countries in Asia-Oceania region started to serve as world‘s

factory, where significant rise on consuming electric energy was seen. As the

demand rises, there also emerged problems that CIGRE experts would have been

able to help. On the other hand, because the main fields of CIGRE activities are in

Europe or North America, it was difficult for most of countries in Asia-Oceania region

to make full use of those advantages.

Around the same time, CIGRE‘s Governing Bodies started a process of reform and

modernization of the Organization. The objective was to improve the new context of

liberalization and deregulation of markets and to reflect on a further opening out of

the Association to non-Western countries. In such a circumstances, as an Executive

Committee member, Prof. Sekine from the Japanese National Committee of CIGRE

(JNC) proposed the idea of regional council, and the idea of ―region‖ was

incorporated into CIGRE‘s master plan. In 1998, an Ad Hoc Group from the CIGRE

Executive Committee (EC), referred to as AHGOM (Ad Hoc Group on Organizational

Matters) was formed. On September 2nd, 1999, the AHGOM admitted national

committees to form ―Region‖ among geographically related members. Right after the

EC meeting in Bilbao, Spain, 7 members from Australia, China, India, Japan, and

Malaysia discussed to form a Region among NCs from Asia and Oceania zone, and

the followings were agreed. [Partly cited from The History of CIGRE]

1) The name of the Region is Asia-Oceania Regional Congress of CIGRE (tentative)

2) NCs within Asia-Oceania region will form the Region.

3) JNC to announce the background and plan of the AORC to NCs that didn‘t attend

the EC Meeting.

4) JNC to prepare blue prints of the Constitution and procedure.

5) The first AORC meeting to be held in Malaysia in April, 2000.

On 9th May, 2000, the first AORC Administrative Meeting (AM) was held in Kuala

Lumpur, Malaysia. Members from Australia, China, India, Japan, and Malaysia met at

the meeting. Mr. Tadao Amakasu from JNC assumed the role of the AORC Chairman,

Dr. Hiroshi Suzuki, AORC Secretary, and Mr. A. Ali from Malaysia Assistant Secretary.

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At this meeting, the draft constitution and the action plan were determined.

On 14th July, Mr. Amakasu, AORC chairman, officially proposed the foundation of

AORC to the central office, then the Executive Committee started to discuss.

On 31th August, the second AORC AM was held in Paris with attendees from

Australia, Korea, Japan, Malaysia and Thailand. In this meeting, the action plan and

AORC Technical Meeting (TM) was discussed.

On January 3rd, 2001 a letter arrived from the Steering Committee meeting within

the CIGRE Executive Committee, saying that the establishment of the AORC is

approved. It also expressed that this matter will be investigated in the CIGRE

Administrative Meeting. Then, in February, the Administrative meeting approved the

establishment of AORC and its constitution was enacted. This was namely the

establishment of the AORC, which is the first CIGRE region.

In March 3rd, 2001, the first AORC TM was held in Bangkok, Thailand, where, Mr.

Charitnives served as the Assistant secretary. At the administrative meeting held

there, Prof. Sekine of JNC assumed the role of AORC Chairman, and Dr. Kokai, the

role of AORC secretary. Within the same year, another AORC TM was held in Cairns,

Australia, and AORC workshop in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The AORC startup was

quite on a roll.

In the next year, the chairmanship was moved to Dato Pian Sukro from Malaysian

National Committee (MNC) and Dr. Sallehuddin Yusof was selected as the AORC

secretary. From then, Malaysia has been offering AORC technical meeting biennially.

This makes it easier for members to gather because Malaysia is located at the

geographical center of the Asia-Oceania region. Dr. Sallehuddin continued his

secretaryship for all of his life until 2010. ―He was the kindest person you could ever

meet….with the purest interest & highest devotion to the electrical power industry.‖

By Dr. Othman Ridzal of MNC.

During 2004-2008, the AORC activities were stable. The Chairmen in this period

were Professor Ja-Yoon Koo from Korea National Committee (KNC) and Dr. Ashok

Manglick from Australian National Committee (ANC).

In 2006, the AORC experienced an expansion. China which had been served as an

observer was approved to be a full member. Indonesia joined AORC and invited the

technical meeting in Jakarta. The AORC TM held in Jakarta hosted by Indonesia in

2008 was a success with roughly 100 attendees. Tutorials for SC B1 and C1 were

held in conjunction with the TM. In the same year, Dr. Herman Darnel from

Indonesia was elected to be the AORC Chairman.

In 2010, China was selected as the chairing country and Dr. Ruomei Li assumed the

chairpersonship. She is the first woman AORC Chairperson, who later proposed the

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publication of AORC History Book. On the same year, in order to enforce CIGRE

activities, AORC Task Force (TF) was formed and Dr. Sallehuddin Yusof was elected

as the chairman of the TF. The purpose of the TF was to enhance the CIGRE

activities in AORC region and to recruit more countries. Founding TF member

countries were Australia, China, Malaysia, Japan, and Indonesia. And soon, Korea

joined the TF. The first task force meeting was scheduled on Dec. 2010.

The AORC TM in 2011 met in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The meeting was held during

the 2011 Thailand floods, when many parts of Bangkok were still suffering from

watering. It was quite thankful the staff from Bangkok came all over to Cheng Mai

to hold the meeting while their company or even their home were not in good

condition. But apart from the flood, the meeting was quite successful with 200

attendees from 19 countries. Mr. MESLIER François as Secretary General and Dr.

FRÖHLICH Klaus as Chairman of Technical Committee of CIGRE central office

attended the meeting. At the Administrative Meeting, it was discussed that members

from the counties or regions where no national committees should have

opportunities to attend AORC meetings. It was also discussed that the AORC

constitution, however, doesn‘t allow members from such countries. So, the AM

members agreed that they would accept the representative from Hong Kong which

attended the AM as a guest, to be observers. The AM also agreed that the

Constitution needed amendment and the amendment should to be led by the task

force. Then, Kenichi Hattori of JNC was selected as the chair of the TF.

The first face-to-face AORC task force meeting was held in Selangor, Malaysia in

2012, where the first draft for the amendment of AORC Constitution was prepared.

Our policy to accept Taiwan and Singapore as observers as well as Hong Kong was

discussed in the TF. These two topics are agreed by AM.

In 2012, at the Administrative Meeting in Paris, Dr. Ruomei Li proposed publication

of AORC History Book, which was unanimously approved and the preparation work

was set to be discussed in the TF. At the same meeting, Dr. Norkun Sitthiphong

assumed the role of AORC Chairman.

In 2013, the first AORC exhibition was arranged in conjunction with the AORC TM in

Guangzhou, China. The meeting also gathered 200 attendees from all over the

world. In Guangzhou, the final draft for amendment of AORC Constitution was

discussed in TF and approved by the AM. After the AM, the draft was sent to CIGRE

central office for review. Soon, we will officially be able to accept observer members

from countries or regions where no national committees of CIGRE are available.

(Remark – AORC Membership of Indonesia NC was pending, corresponding to CIGRE‘s)

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Table 1. List of former and present AORC Chairpersons / Secretaries

Term Chairperson Secretary Country

1999-2000

(Pre-AORC) Mr. Tadao Amakasu Dr. Hiroshi Suzuki Japan

2001–2002 Prof. Yasuji Sekine Dr. Yutaka Kokai Japan

2002–2004 Dato Pian Sukro Dr. Sallehuddin Yusof Malaysia

2004–2006 Prof. Ja-Yoon Koo Dr. Sallehuddin Yusof Korea/Malaysia

2006–2008 Dr. Ashok Manglick Dr. Sallehuddin Yusof Australia/Malaysia

2008–2010 Dr. Herman Darnel Dr. Sallehuddin Yusof Australia/Malaysia

2010–2012 Dr. Ruomei Li Dr. Mingtian Fan China

2012–2014 Dr. Norkun Sitthiphong Mr. Boonmarg Smitthileela Thailand

Table 2. List of AORC Venue and the Assistant Secretaries

Year City Country Assistant Secretary

2000

(Pre-AORC) Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Dr. Yutaka Kokai (JNC)

2001 Bangkok Thailand Mr. Charitnives

2001 Cairns Australia Mr. Ashok Manglick

2002 Seoul Korea Prof. Dr. Ja-Yoon Koo

2004 Putrajaya Malaysia Dr. Sallehuddin Yusof

2005 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Dr. Sallehuddin Yusof

2007 Penang Malaysia Dr. Sallehuddin Yusof

2007 OSAKA Japan Mr. Kenichi Hattori

2008 Jakarta Indonesia Mr. Cawir Ginting

2010 Petaling Jaya Malaysia Dr. Sallehuddin Yusof

2011 Chiang Mai Thailand Mr. Boonmarg Smitthileela

2012 Selangor Malaysia Mr. Sabar Md Hashim

2013 Guangzhou China Dr. Jianjun ZHAO

2014 Tokyo Japan Mr. Kenichi Hattori

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Brief Explanation of AORC

AORC is the council of Region defined in article 17 of CIGRE STATUTE*), which

supports engineers/people in countries where attending CIGRE Paris sessions is

difficult, or countries where no national committees exist. Annually, Administrative

Meeting (AM) and Technical Meeting ™ are held.

Structure of the AORC (As of 2013, Dec.)

Administrative Meeting (AM) :

As of Dec. 2013, 9 countries have the membership of the AORC.

All member countries are allowed to participate in the AM.

At AM 2014, Japan, there was a big change on AORC Constitution for enabling

to accept formal Observer Members.

Task Force (TF) :

In order to motivate non-active CIGRE member countries in the AORC area, TF

started its activity on May. 2012 with the membership of 6 leading countries.

Up to 2013, the TF has discussed amendment of AORC Constitution draft.

Task Force

Administrative Meeting

Chair: Thailand

Australia, China, India,

Indonesia, Japan, Korea,

Malaysia, New Zealand

Chair: Japan

Australia, China, Korea,

Malaysia, Thailand

AORC Panels of SCs

Panel B1 (Chair: Australia)

Panel B5 (Chair: China)

Panel B2 (Chair: Australia)

オーストラリア，ニュージーランド Panel C6 (Chair: China)

Study Committees (SCs)

A1

A2

A3 B3

B4

B5

C6

C1

C2

C3

C4

C5 D1

D2

Observers

Hong Kong,Taiwan, Singapore,

B1

B2

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Because the current constitution allows only members from countries where

the national committee is available.

The draft constitution that allows observers from countries with no NCs has

been prepared and submitted to the central office for approval.

Another theme discussed in the TF is AORC history book. The book will be

finalized by Aug. 2014.

AORC Panel :

Setting up of these panels would be decided by AORC, with the chairperson

and the secretary of the corresponding SC informed.

The panel serves as a mirror study committee and non-AORC based members

also contribute.

The panel allows more than 1 member per country so the main members of

the study committee directly pass their experiences and technical knowledge to

members in AORC countries.

Observers :

The amended AORC constitution will allow observers to AORC Technical

meetings even if no national committee is available.

AORC Technical Meeting (TM)

TM is held annually in conjunction with AM.

The responsible SCs members among AORC member countries select the

theme of TM.

An Invited Presentation shall be arranged by the host country. If possible,

addition of Technical Visit is preferable.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- *) Article 17. – REGIONS (cited from CIGRE STATUTES)

National Committees may come together to form a Region, which is a set-up designed to enhance technical cooperation between countries and to promote and develop CIGRE. Geographical proximity is the primary motive for forming a Region, but other situations can be accommodated when they fall in with the basic objectives, i.e.: a) Contribute to the activities of the Study Committees, addressing and developing local issues; b) Organize Regional Meetings or other local meetings (Colloquia…); c) Coordinate with industry organizations; d) Coordinate contributions to CIGRE main events (Session, Symposia); e) Encourage and provide an incentive to increase CIGRE membership and create new National Committees, by incorporating countries without a National Committee in the working structure. The existence of Regions has no impact on the governance structure of CIGRE - National Committees, Administrative Council, Steering Committee - nor does it introduce any hierarchical notion in relations with National Committees or Study Committees. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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History of AORC Panel

History of AORC Panel B1

CIGRE SC B1 Special Working Group - AORC Panel B1: - Year of Creation

2003

1. Background

The AORC B1 panel was formed in 2003 when there were only three countries in the

Asia Oceania Region with SC B1 members. The purpose of the panel was therefore

to bring together cable system users, manufacturers, academia and consultants from

as many countries in the region as possible to encourage CIGRE participation.

The panel was formed with a structure similar to that of a Working Group except

that to ensure a balance of views from each country, particularly those without their

own B1 panel, up 4 representatives are permitted from each country or Special

Administrative Region.

The recent meeting in Tokyo was the tenth meeting of the panel. There are now five

countries in the region with SC B1 membership and today the region has the largest

cable making capacity in the world.

In view of the importance of this region the Chairman of SCB1 has suggested that

we continue to run the meetings in the same principle as a WG with regular

meetings to ensure that the work of SC B1 is well distributed in the region and

encourage greater participating in CIGRE SC B1 and the working Groups.

2. Scope

The scope of the working group is:-

To inform CIGRE members in the region about the SC B1 work.

Share information about current and future projects in the region.

To put forward SC B1 recommendations for future work.

3. Structure – Rules for AORC B1 Panel/WG

A panel similar to SC - B1 but in a WG format

Involve countries with and without National Committees

Balance membership from each AORC country (15 Countries)

Current rules 2 Delegates and 2 Experts from each county

Host country allowed to have more delegates at their invitation

WG rules – no fees, membership is by invitation

Membership advice by the country SC B1 representative

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Encourage each country to present a report at AORC panel meeting

Share experience throughout the region for mutual benefit

Encourage membership of CIGRE

Put forward regional issues to CIGRE SC B1

Make CIGRE more responsive to regional issues

Renew friendships and make new friends in the industry

4. Summary of meetings

Malaysia 2003

The Malaysian National Committee under the Chairmanship of Dato Pian Sukro and

AORC Secretary Dr. Sallehuddin Yusof supported the idea of forming the AORC B1

panel and helped arrange the first meeting which was held at the TNB training

centre in Port Dickson West Malaysia in early 2003. A technical tour was also made

to see the first 275 kV XLPE cable installation in Malaysia. This meeting and tour was

very successful and attracted delegates from 9 countries in the region. As a result of

the meeting an article was published in Electra in October 2003 and a paper

prepared for the Paris meeting in 2004.

Hong Kong 2004

The delegation from China Light and Power who attended the meeting in Malaysia

then sponsored the second meeting which was held in Hong Kong in 2004. Here

again 8 other countries or Special Administrative Regions attended the meeting and

the interesting technical tour.

Malaysia 2005

Following the success of the first meeting, which the National Electricity Authority in

Malaysia found was very helpful in their training programs for staff in MV and HV

cables, it was decided by the MNC to hold the third meeting in Kuala Lumpur in

2005. This meeting was arranged in conjunction with a special CIRED meeting on

MV cables. Combining both meetings proved very successful and attracted delegates

from 7 other countries.

China 2006

With the emergence of the P.R. of China as a key user of HV & EHV cable the CNC

agreed to sponsor a meeting in Beijing in 2006. This fourth meeting of the panel

was one of the first times that a CIGRE WG had convened a meeting in China. We

were very fortunate to receive a great deal of help from the Secretary of the CNC,

Dr. Ruomei Li in organising this event. Whilst we could only get 6 other countries to

attend the results from this conference were most encouraging and formed the basis

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for the later SC B1 meeting in China. Those of us who attended the technical tour

which ended at the Forbidden City will never forget the event.

Attendees - BEIJING Nov 30th – Dec 1st 2006

Members were welcomed by Dr Ruomei Li, Executive Deputy Secretary General (CSEE) & China representative of

CIGRE Administrative Council & China representatives on the AORC.

Once again with the help of Dr. Sallehuddin Yusof from the MNC and the AORC the

fifth meeting was held in Kuala Lumpur in conjunction with a CIRED meeting on

Power Quality. Kuala Lumpur is a very convenient place to hold regional meetings

and so once again we had delegates from 7 other countries. At this meeting we had

some very interesting presentations on long length DC submarine cable because at

that time the TNB were considering interconnecting East and West Malaysia.

Bangkok 2008

Now MEA in Thailand had been a very strong supporter of this AORC panel having

sent delegates to virtually all of the meetings and so the MEA in conjunction with the

TNC invited the panel to meet for the sixth meeting in Bangkok in 2008. MEA saw

the benefit of hosting the meeting to take advantage of having their staff meet cable

experts from the region.

Some of the papers discussed:-

Design and construction of duct bank in soft-clayed area –Mr Chaipat, Mr Lert-tosaponand Dr Tanata

Challenges and opportunities when installing HV cable in Australia and Sri Lanka –•Mr Ken Barber

Fire accident of High Voltage cable lines in tunnel –Dr JunhuaLuo Protection of cables against termite attack –Australian View –Mr

Ken Barber Protection of cables against termite attack –Japanese View –Mr

ShoshiKatakai

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Cable Testing –Mr Pongsak, Mr Pisanuand Dr Weerapun Recent technologies and new projects in Japan –Mr Shoshi Katakai Submarine Cable in Hong Kong –Mr Kwok Kin Leung and Mr Yiu

Kwan Man Peninsular Malaysia (SARPEN) HVDC Link Project –Submarine Cable

Requirements –Mr Zaharulnain Bin Osrin 132kV U/G Cable 1200mm2 Al VS 800mm2Cu –Mr William Leon

We had delegates from 6 countries; none of us had any problems in entering the county. The Thai hospitality was as usual was excellent and going on the technical tour was fine, but the day we were due to leave Bangkok the airport was closed. Some of us, e.g. delegates from Malaysia and Hong Kong hired a minivan and drove the 1000km to the Malaysian border. Some of the other delegates had to stay nearly a week before the airport re-opened and they could leave!!

Attendees –6thAORC B1 meeting in BANGKOK, THAILAND

Members were welcomed by Mr. PornthapeThunyapongchai—Governor of Metropolitan Electricity Authority

(MEA), the National Committee of CIGRE Thailand and the Secretary of the AORC, Dr. Sallehuddin bin Yusof.

Korea 2010

The Korean NC were very keen to have an AORC B1 meeting in 2009 but as they

were opening a new HV test centre in early 2010 we moved our seventh meeting to

Seoul with a technical tour to the Gochang test centre.

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Highlights of 7th AORC Panel B1 meeting on 23-24th, June 2010 in Daejeon, Korea.

SC B1 issues:

• Message from the Chairman SC B1 -

• Review of the SC B1 meeting in Poznan

• Review of WG reports, CAG, Tutorials,

• Paris meeting update

Regional Matters:

• Electrical Degradations & Ageing of

XLPE – China

• EHV projects in Japan – Japan

• Degassing of XLPE cables – Thailand

• PD monitoring – China

• Long length AC cable – Australia

• Korean HV projects and development

Tutorials – Presented by PIERRE ARGAUT

Future work for AORC B1 and next meeting

Visit to Gochang test centre

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Shanghai 2011

The Chinese NC invited the SC B1 to hold its annual meeting in Shanghai in 2011

from 20-21st Sept 2011 and the AORC B1 panel were also invited to have their

meeting at the end of that week. In conjunction with the SC B1 meeting the CNC

arrange a Workshop on Thursday 22nd Sept. ―Power cables for Future Grids―.

AORC BI members were invited to attend this workshop on:-

• New Product & design of cable & accessories.

• Maintenance & Life Management

• Cable system Testing and Monitoring

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WORKSHOP in Shanghai Sept 2011

The 8th AORC Panel B1 meeting – Friday 23rd Sept.

Reports by SCB1 members, reviewing of the SC B1 meeting in Shanghai, review of

all WG reports, review of Jicable meeting, CAG, Tutorials, update on CIGRE

publications, plans for next Paris meeting and details on Colloquium on HV DC.

More than 14 reports by experts on PD detection in HV cables, EMF mitigation &

effect on ratings, Type & PQ testing at SECRI, R&D in Australia on optical sensors

for PD detection, Dynamic forces on cables. Also reports from Japan, Korea, and

Malaysia & Australia & N. Zealand on current projects and reports from China and

Japan on accessories. All reports and presentation were provided to members on

USB after the meeting

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Visit to State RESEARCH centre SECRI

India 2013

The Indian NC and their SC B1 panel have been keen to hold a meeting and

organised the 9th AORC B1 meeting in New Delhi on 22nd January 2013 which was

followed by a technical meeting on the 22nd afternoon and on the 23rd.

Welcome by Indian National Committee of CIGRE, message from Chairman SC B1.

Reports by SCB1 members reviewing of the meetings in Paris – August 2012.

Review of all WG reports, CAG, Tutorials and up-date on CIGRE publications.

Plans for next SC B1 meeting in Brazil and Symposium in Auckland N.Z. both in

September 2013.

Representatives from Japan, Korea, Thailand, Australia and New Zealand presented

more than 10 reports to the meeting. Members felt that CIGRE should provide more

support for MV systems and there was a considerable interest in cross bonding

systems, reliability and maintenance.

AORC BI members were invited to attend a workshop on ―Latest trends and Best

Practices in HV and EHV cable systems‖

This workshop was attended by more than 200 delegates from all over India and the

program allowed for plenty of interaction between presenters and participants. Two

CIGRE tutorials were presented and well received. The CIGRE national Committee

suggested that in view of the interest this might be an annual event.

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JAPAN 2014

The tenth AORC B1 meeting was held on Monday 26th August. After the welcome

and introductions the Chairman of SCB1, the Convenor of the AORC B1 and the SC

B1 member for Japan all made presentations and updates on the work of the SC B1

since the last meeting in India in 2013. For the second session, we had

presentations from the attending countries. There were 10 presentations, Australia,

China, Hong Kong, India, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Thailand and two from

Japan. After lunch we had a third session on ―New designs of cables and

accessories, installation and assembly methods for cable systems and others‖ where

there were 6 presentations. The fourth and final session was on ―Deterioration,

diagnostic and maintenance methods for cable systems where there were 5

presentations in that session.

In reviewing the papers presented and discussions at the meeting it was suggested

that there might be some benefit in forming a task force with members from Hong

Kong, Thailand and Malaysia to review joint failures on MV distribution systems and

associated on-line fault location detection systems. This is being considered by those

members and they would welcome support from other members who might like to

join such a group. Our Japanese hosts kindly provided a copy of all presentations to

AORC B1 delegates.

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That evening we were invited to a very nice dinner at the Grand Hill Ichigaya Hotel

where there was an opportunity to meet other AORC delegates attending the other

meetings.

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On Tuesday 27th the Technical meeting ―Interconnections and Connecting New

Power Sources to the Grid‖ commenced and the AORC Admin meeting was held. On

the Wednesday five parallel Technical sessions were held. One of these sessions

focused on issues relative to B1 at that session in the morning there were 10

presentations on HVAC cables and Systems and in the afternoon 7 presentations on

HVDC cables and electrical fields.

On Wednesday 28th a Technical tour was made to see the operation of the High

Temperature Superconducting cable project at the Asahi Substation in Yokohama

and the 500 kV Shin-Toyosu Substation which is the termination point for the 40 km

of double circuit 500 kV XLPE cable link to Shin-Keiyo.

5. Next WG Meeting

At the close of the AORC B1 meeting the Malaysian representative advised that they

would be hosts to a Cigre Administrative meeting which would be held in East

Malaysia together with a Colloquium in September or October 2015 and they

extended an invitation to have the next AORC B1 meeting at that time and venue.

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6. SUMMARY OF MEETINGS

MEETING PLACE YEAR ATTENDEES from AORC COUNTRIES or REGIONS

COMMENTS

1st Port Dickson

Malaysia 2003 10 Article in Electra – Oct 2003

2nd

Hong Kong

China

2004 9 Paper Paris Session – Aug 2004

3rd

Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

2005 8 In conjunction with CIRED Meeting

on MV cables

4th

Beijing

China

2006 6 Well supported by China NC and Wuhan University

5th

Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

2007 8 In conjunction with CIRED Meeting on Power Quality

6th

Bangkok

Thailand

2008 7 In conjunction with the Metropolitan Electricity Authority MEA

7th

Daejeon Korea

2010 6 In conjunction with Power Cable Study Committee (PCSC)

8th

Shanghai

China

2011 7 Host CNCC, SECRI & Technical Meeting/Workshop

9th

New Delhi

India

2013 5 Hosts INC of CIGRE in conjunction with Technical Workshop

10th

Tokyo - Japan

2014 9 Hosts JNC of CIGRE Technical Meeting, AORC Admin. and WG

Meetings

11th

East Malaysia 2015 Host MNC of CIGRE, CIGRE & AORC Admin. Meetings and Colloquia

7. TERM of OPERATION of AORC B1 Panel

There is currently no time limit set for the term of this Panel/WG but it is suggested

that it might need to be in place until more than 50% of the countries in the region

have an active SC B1 member and their own B1 panel.

Ken Barber – Convenor AORC B1

July 2014

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History of AORC-CIGRE

Member Countries

Electricity Empowering the Region

2013

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Australia

Australian Country Profile

Australia ranks as one of the best places to live in the world by all indices of income, human development, healthcare and civil rights. The sixth-largest country in the world by land mass, its comparatively small population is concentrated in the highly-urbanised south and east of the Australian continent.

Indigenous Australians, who had inhabited the continent for tens of thousands of years, numbered a few hundred thousand at the time of British colonisation. Two centuries of discrimination and expropriation cut their population drastically, however the indigenous population has been increasing and now they makes up

approximately 3% of Australia's approximately 23 million people.

The island continent combines a wide variety of landscapes. These include deserts in the interior, hills and mountains, tropical rainforests, and densely-populated coastal strips with long beaches and coral reefs off the shoreline. Australia has developed an abundance of unique plant and animal life, most famously marsupials such as the

kangaroo.

Commonwealth of Australia

Capital Canberra

National Language English

Area 7,692,024 km2

Population 23,553,530 (2014 est.)

GDP $1.041 trillion (2014 est.)

Geographical information

Australia's landmass of 7,692,024 square kilometres is on the Indo-Australian Plate. Surrounded by the Indian and Pacific oceans, it is separated from Asia by the Arafura and Timor seas, with the Coral Sea lying off the Queensland coast, and the Tasman Sea lying between Australia and New Zealand. The world's smallest continent and sixth largest country by total area, Australia—owing to its size and isolation—is often dubbed the "island continent", and is sometimes considered the world's largest island. Australia has 34,218 kilometres of coastline (excluding all offshore islands), and claims an extensive Exclusive Economic Zone of 8,148,250 square kilometres. This exclusive economic zone does not include the Australian Antarctic Territory. Excluding Macquarie Island.

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Location

Fig. 1 : Map of Australia

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia

Australian Power System

Australia has three key power system regions – the National Electricity Market, (NEM) which is located on the eastern Seaboard and the South West Interconnected System and North West Interconnected system which is located in Western Australia. National Electricity Market (NEM)

The NEM commenced operation in December 1998 and interconnects five regional market jurisdictions (Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania). West Australia and Northern Territory are not connected to the NEM incorporating approximately 40,000 km of transmission lines and cables and supplies about 200 terrawatt hours of electricity to businesses and households each yea. In 2012-13, the value of this trade was $11.4 Billion. The NEM supplies approximately nine million customers and has a total electricity generating capacity of around 50,000MW.

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The NEM involves both wholesale generation that is transported via high voltage transmission lines to electricity distributors, who deliver it to our homes and businesses.

The transport of electricity from generators to consumers is facilitated through a ‗pool‘, or spot market, where the output from all generators is aggregated and scheduled at five minute intervals to meet demand.

The pool is not a physical thing but a set of procedures that AEMO manages in line with National Electricity Law and National Electricity Rules (the Rules).

The market uses sophisticated systems to send signals to generators instructing them how much energy to produce each five minutes so that production is matched to consumer requirements, spare capacity is kept ready for emergencies, and the current energy price can be calculated.

NEM infrastructure comprises both state and private assets managed by many participants. The NEM:

Supports 19 million residents. At over 5,000 km from far north Queensland to Tasmania, and west to Adelaide

and Port Augusta, is the longest alternating current system in the world. Has about 40,000 km of transmission lines and cables. Supplies about 200 TWh of energy to businesses and households each year. Is long and linear compared with Europe and North America. Can be costly to upgrade because of the large distances. There are over 100 registered participants in the NEM, including market

generators, transmission network service providers, distribution network service providers, and market customers

Wholesale Electricity Market in Western Australia

Wholesale Electricity Market (WEM)

Western Australia‘s electricity market is thousands of kilometres from the NEM in eastern and southern Australia. There is neither physical interconnection nor governance linkages between the two markets. With a customer base spread over a third of the national landmass, Western Australia‘s electricity industry faces some unique challenges. State-wide, around 60 per cent of installed capacity is fuelled by natural gas, 35 per cent from coal and 2 per cent from oil. There is growth in generation from renewable sources (3.2 per cent in 2005–06), mainly comprising wind, hydro and biomass. The Wholesale Electricity Market (WEM) for the South West interconnected system of Western Australia (SWIS) commenced operation in on 21 September 2006

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following a decision by the government of the day to reform the state's electricity industry. The electricity reform process, initiated in 2001, included disaggregating the state-owned and run Western Power Corporation into four separate entities and implementing a WEM.

The WEM aims to facilitate greater competition and private investment and allow generators and wholesale purchasers of electricity (such as retailers) greater flexibility as to how, and with whom, they sell or procure electricity.

The electricity commodity market of the WEM is not unlike its NEM counterpart. The

market price is determined by offers to supply and bids to purchase (demand).

However in the WEM, only the electricity volume that is not already covered by

bilateral contracts is traded.

The Independent Market Operator of Western Australia (IMOWA) oversees the

operation of the WEM. The IMOWA also determines the amount of reserve

capacity for the next 10 years in accordance with provisions specified in the Western

Australian Market Rules.

After determining the amount of reserve capacity required, the IMOWA places

obligations on Market Customers to purchase capacity credits equivalent to their

forecast contribution to peak demand. Market Generators, or end users

offering demand-side response capacity, earn capacity credits by providing capacity

to the system. Market Customers may purchase this capacity from Market

Generators through bilateral contracts. If insufficient capacity credits have been

purchased, the IMO purchases the residual requirement through a capacity auction.

The North West Interconnected System

A second, separate interconnected network — the NWIS operates in the north-west

of Western Australia and centres around the industrial towns of Karratha and Port

Hedland and resource centres. The network is significantly smaller than the SWIS

and its purpose is to supply the resource industry‘s operations and associated

townships in the area.

The NWIS has a generation capacity of 400 MW. The plants are mainly fuelled by

natural gas, some of which is shipped on the Pilbara Energy Pipeline, which runs

from Karratha to Port Hedland.

Horizon Power is responsible for the transmission, distribution, and retailing of

electricity to customers through the NWIS. Horizon purchases power from private

generators in the region and sells it to residential and commercial customers. Private

generators serve the major resource companies in the Pilbara.

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Due to the small scale of this system, the NWIS will not see a wholesale market

introduced in the manner of the SWIS in the foreseeable future.

Regional non-interconnected systems

Further small, non-interconnected distribution systems operate around towns in rural

and remote areas beyond the SWIS and NWIS networks.

Horizon Power operates the 29 distribution systems located in these regions, but

independent generators supply much of the electricity.

CIGRÉ in Australia CIGRÉ has had an Australian presence since 1951 when the Australian National Committee was formed. The development and growth of the ANC has closely mirrored the growth and development of the Australian electrical grid and several of our Chairman and board members have held senior industry roles and been instrumental in building and shaping the Australian Electricity industry. When the Australian Snowy Mountains Hydro Scheme was designed in the early

1950‘s to supply electric power to both NSW and Victoria, Australia found it

necessary to build transmission lines at extra high voltage levels. A lot of the know-

how and technology to enable the system to implement a higher voltage of at least

330,000 volts was to be found in CIGRÉ.

CIGRÉ was instrumental in advising on the standardisation of transmission voltages and frequencies which would allow interconnections between the states and the free flow of electricity to take place. Whilst being separate entities, the ANC has close working ties with the New Zealand National Committee and has several New Zealand Collective members. As at July 2014, ANC had an equivalent membership of some 475 members, plus a

growing and active Next Generation Network (NGN) of 110.

ANC has also been a strong supporter of the Asia-Oceania Regional Council (AORC) being one of the original seven members who met in 1999 to work on forming a Region. The ANC has continued its involvement through the preparatory meetings in 2000 to when approval for the establishment of AORC was received in 2001. Since that date, ANC has continued to support AORC and its members have held various roles and had levels of involvement in the development and operation.

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Structure of CIGRÉ in Australia

The CIGRÉ structure within the ANC is one of the few National Committees which mirrors the international CIGRÉ structure. This structure has resulted in the ANC being able to provide significant input to a raft of Study Committees and Working Groups since its inception. There are 16 Australian Panels in each of the equivalent areas of activity of the international Study Committees (SC). The ANC representative for each Study Committee is also the convener of the equivalent Australian Panel (AP). Each panel convener is also a member of the Australian Technical Committee (ATC) which provides a forum for the exchange ideas, coordination of activities and reporting on particular issues.

Fig. 2 : Structure of ANC

The membership of the Australian Panels comes from individual and corporate

CIGRÉ members in Australia and New Zealand, who are expert in the particular

technical areas relevant to their Panel. Typically, a Panel has membership of the

order of 15-20 members. Total membership of Australian Panels is over 320.

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International Contribution

Given the population base of Australia, the ANC ‗punches above its weight‘ and

continues to be a strong supporter of CIGRÉ both in the region and internationally.

Richard Bevan who is a past Chairman of ANC is the current global treasurer of

CIGRÉ, whilst the ANC also holds the chairmanship of two Study Committees. (As at

July 2014) Phil Southwell is the Chairman of Study Committee C1, System

Development and Economics. Terry Krieg is the Chairman of Study Committee B3,

Substations.

ANC typically has a very good representation at the Paris Sessions, - the 2012 CIGRÉ

Session in Paris was attended by 77 delegates representing ANC CIGRÉ. A record

fifteen papers were included from the Australian National Committee. ANC has

some 65 delegates currently registered for the 2014 Paris Session and has had 14

papers approved in the presentation program.

The following international Working Groups are supported by the ANC and are

currently active (July 2014) or have recently completed their work.

WG No WG Name WG Convenor

A2-33 Transformer fire safety practices A. Petersen

A2-49 Condition Assessment of Power Transformers Peter Cole

A3-29 Deterioration of ageing substation equipment &

possible mitigation techniques Ankur Maheshwari

B1-37 Guide to the operation of fluid filled cable systems Colin Peacock

B2-40 Calculations of the electrical distances between live

parts and obstacles for ohl external clearances Robert Lake

B2-39 Validation of Design guidelines implemented for High

Intensity Wind

H. Hawes

B2-54 Management of risk associated with severe climatic

events and climate change on overhead lines Henry Hawes

B4-62 Connection of Wind Farms to Weak AC networks Nalin

Pahalawaththa

B5-39

Documentation requirements from design to

operation to maintenance for digital substation

automation systems

Rod Hughes

C1-24 Tools for developing optimum transmission

development plans David Bones

C3-09 Corridor management Stephen Martin

C5-12 Generator market power mitigation measures in

electricity markets David Bowker

D2-01 Core business information systems and services Robert Evans

A2-49 Condition Assessment of Power Transformers Peter Cole

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A3-29 Deterioration of ageing substation equipment &

possible mitigation techniques Ankur Maheshwari

B1-37 Guide to the operation of fluid filled cable systems Colin Peacock

B2-40 Calculations of the electrical distances between live

parts and obstacles for ohl external clearances Robert Lake

B2-54 Management of risk associated with severe climatic

events and climate change on overhead lines Henry Hawes

B4-62 Connection of Wind Farms to Weak AC networks Nalin

Pahalawaththa

B5-39

Documentation requirements from design to

operation to maintenance for digital substation

automation systems

Rod Hughes

C1-24 Tools for developing optimum transmission

development plans David Bones

C3-09 Corridor management Stephen Martin

C5-12 Generator market power mitigation measures in

electricity markets David Bowker

C6-09 Demand Side Response A. Baitch

D2-01 Core business information systems and services Robert Evans

International Events in Australia and New Zealand

The ANC continues to support regional and international CIGRÉ activities where it

can, and during the week from 8 to 13 September 2013 hosted CIGRÉ Study

Committees B3 (Substations) and Study Committee D1 (Materials and Emerging Test

Techniques) held their Study Committee meeting and Working Group meetings in

Brisbane and followed with a Colloquium and Workshop.

The Colloquium was on the topic of ‗Managing Substations in the Power Systems of

the Future – Trends in Technology, Design, Materials and Diagnostics‘. There were

48 papers presented and the event was attended by over 160 people from 24

countries. The Workshop theme was ‗SF6 – The Challenges for the Power System of

the Future‘.

Study Committee B2 (Overhead Lines) and Study Committee A3 (HV Equipment)

held their Study Committee meetings and Working Group meetings in Auckland and

then participated in a Symposium organised by CIGRÉ and the New Zealand and

Australian National Committees in the week starting 16 September 2013. The

Symposium was on ‗Best Practice in Transmission and Distribution in a Changing

Environment‘ and also had significant involvement from Study Committees A2, B1,

B3, C6 and D1. There were approximately 120 papers presented over one and a

half days in four streams and was attended by 350 people from 35 countries.

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Australian National Council – the future

The ANC has recently (June 2014) launched its new branding and marketing

campaign and associated material. This initiative from the board arose from a

member survey and associated strategic analysis work carried out at board level. In

October 2013, the ANC board appointed a full time Executive Manager to implement

this new strategy and work on developing member services, enhancing the CIGRÉ

profile and increasing member numbers. An overall goal is to promote the activities

of ANC across the region and make not only members, but the wider industry aware

of the good work and value that CIGRÉ and its members add, regionally and

globally.

This initiative includes a new website at www.cigreaustralia.org.au as well as the

instigation of a quarterly newsletter aimed at senior industry and influential people,

which details some of the significant activities and contributions being made by

CIGRÉ members.

The ANC will continue to seek ways to support and promote the activities of CIGRÉ

and benefits of membership to the wider regional industry and government /

regulatory groups.

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China

Chinese National Committee of CIGRE

1. The Creation of Chinese National Committee & the Situation of Electric Power in China

Chinese National Committee（CNC）of CIGRE was established in July, 1980 upon

the approval of the State Council of the People‘s Republic of China, with acceptance of the CIGRE Administrative Council after a referendum. Mao Henian, then the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Power Industry, took up the first President of CNC, and also the third Council Chairman of the Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering (CSEE) in December.

In the past years, the Chinese National Committee of CIGRE has been growing with China‘s power industry. CNC has been dedicating to the development of China‘s power technology by enhancing the communication between Chinese engineers and their foreign counterparts concerning power techniques, engineering experiences and relevant information.

2. CNC’s Organization

The Present CNC Organizational Structure

Title Name Affiliation

President Lu Yanchang Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering

Vice President Wu Yusheng State Grid Corporation of China

Zhao Jie Technology Research Center of the China Southern Power Grid

Li Ruomei Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering

General Secretary Zhao Jianjun Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering

TC Chairman Xue Yusheng Honorary Director of State Grid EPRI

AORC Delegate Zhao Jianjun Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering

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Mechanism:

The main body of CNC consists of the Steering Committee, Technical Committee and

Secretariat. The Steering Committee is the supreme decision-making body, making

and checking the working plans of the CNC, and at the same time supervising the

operation of the Technical Committee and the Secretariat. The Steering Committee

comprises of its Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretary-general, the Chairman of the

Technical Committee and all the collective member representatives.

The Technical Committee plans and organizes the academic and technical activities

of the CNC of CIGRE. The sitting President of the Technical Committee is Xue

Yusheng academician, the Chief Engineer of the State Grid Electric Power Research

Institute. The Chinese staff working at the CIGRE study committees is naturally

taken as members of the Technical Committee of CNC. The Technical Committee

divides its staff into different sections in accordance with the fields of study as

stipulated by CIGRE and these sections are headed by CIGRE study committee

members.

The Secretariat is the standing body of the Chinese National Committee of CIGRE.

Headed by the Secretary-general, it takes charge of contacting the CIGRE

headquarter and dealing with the daily operation of the Chinese National Committee

of CIGRE.

3. CNC’s Membership

The Chief Executives of CNC

Year President Member of

Administrative Council

Secretary

1980～1984 Mao Henian Xu Shigao Yu Minji

1985～1988 Mao Henian Xu Shiheng Guo Hao

1989～1993 Zhang

Fengxiang Du Xingyou Guo Hao

1994～1999 Zhang

Fengxiang Guo Hao Zeng Pangyu

1999～2004 Lu Yanchang Guo Hao Chen Jing

2005～2008 Lu Yanchang Li Ruomei

Li Ruomei (2005-07)

Zhao Jianjun (2007-08)

2009 until now Lu Yanchang Li Ruomei Zhao Jianjun

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Membership at a Glance

Collective Member

Individual Member

Equivalent Member

1980 8 0

2005 27 3 72

2006 37 32 190

2007 42 85 265

2008 49 97 309

2009 51 143 363

2010 52 360 583

2011 58 441 689

2012 76 532 854

2013 84 606 894

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CNC Membership Development and Composition

Power

Enterprises Research Institute

Manufacturer University Social

Organization Total

1980 Collective 2 2 1 2 1 8

2006 Collective 12 6 7 11 1 37

Individual 4 11 8 7 2 32

2008 Collective 12 10 12 11 2 47

Individual 21 29 29 16 2 97

2009 Collective 12 11 14 12 2 51

Individual 34 47 42 16 2 143

2010 Collective 15 9 14 12 2 52

Individual 32 44 39 242 2 359

2011 Collective 17 9 16 14 2 58

Individual 72 116 65 184 4 441

2012 Collective 17 7 34 16 2 76

Individual 86 125 71 246 4 532

2013 Collective 20 7 37 18 2 84

Individual 110 145 92 255 4 606

Membership Composition1980 Collective

2006 Collective

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4. Information Table of CNC office

CNC Address No.1, Lane 2, Baiguang Rd, Xicheng Dist. Beijing, 100761, China

Telephone +86-10-63416451

Fax +86-10-63414319

E-mail jianjun-zhao@cigre.org.cn

5. Country Profile

People‘s Republic of China

Capital Beijing (39° 54′ 57″ N, 116° 23′ 26″ E)

Official Language Chinese

Ethnic groups Chinese (92%)

Area Total: 9,600,000 km2 (3rd)

Population 2013 end: 1.37 billion (1st)

Density : 139 /km2 (56th)

GDP 2013 end: 9.40 trillion (2nd)

Geography

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6. Recent Development of China’s Power Industry

In recent years, China has maintained a fast-growing momentum in electrical technology development and construction of electrical projects. The Three Gorges Hydropower Plant (TGHP), the largest of its kind in the world with an installed capacity of 22,500 MW, has been completed and is in full operation. The National Nuclear Power Safety Plan and Medium and Long-term Development Plan were approved. The 50MW Fast Breeder Test Reactor (FBTR) was officially put into operation. The ±800 KV UHV DC power transmission project was put into operation, and current was increased from 3000A to 4500A, bipolar transmission reached 7500MW over a distance of 5000 Kilometers.The ±400KV Qinghai-Tibet AC-DC Grid Interconnection project was put into operation, which was located at the highest altitude in alpine region. 1000KV UHV Double Circuit AC Transmission Project was under construction, which was designed to transmit electricity from Anhui to Eastern China.

Smart grid is developing rapidly in China. Smart meters and Fiber to the home (FTTH) have been promoted extensively. 110KV smart converter stations are being built or upgraded. Due to our efforts, users are easier to interact with power companies, and at the same time, a good foundation was laid for integrating distributed power sources to the grid and utilizing energy more efficiently.

By the end of 2012, installed power generation capacity was 1145GW, of which hydropower was 248.9GW,or 21.7%, thermal power 819.17GW, or 71.5%. Capacity of nuclear power generation was 12.57GW. On-grid wind power generation was 60.83GW. On-grid solar power generation was 3280MW. In 2012, a total of 4.98trillion KWHs were generated, of which hydropower was 17.4%, thermal power 78.6%, nuclear power 1.97%, and on-grid wind power 2.01%. It is clear that China still relies heavily on coal for energy and coal will remain in a dominant position in China‘s energy mix for a long time to come. However, it is estimated that by 2030, power generated from coal will drop to under 50% in the total installed capacity. Hydropower generation capacity will reach 500GW. Nuclear power generation capacity will reach 300GW. Capacity of new energy, wind power and solar power will reach 500GW; its equivalent installed capacity will be 200GW. At the moment, capacity of nuclear power takes up a relatively small portion, while wind and solar are yet to play a bigger role. Among the four energy sources, i.e., thermal, hydro, nuclear and new energy, 90% of electricity comes from the first three sources, and coal remains the major source of thermal power. Therefore, emission reductions will be an uphill journey, and China‘s electrical engineering sector is faced with a daunting task. On the up side, renewable energy is developing rapidly in China. Capacity of wind power has increased by 35.5% compared to 2011, generation from solar and other forms of energy increased by 414%. With the development and application of new technologies such as wind power forecasting and energy storage, wind power and PV power generation will enjoy a bright future.

7. Objectives

To promote CIGRE among professionals in the field of electrical engineering in China, by providing members with information of advanced technology and opportunities to involve in the international exchanges as well as help to fulfill membership obligation to finally realize the development of CIGRE.

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8. Recent events

8.1 Participation to CIGRE Sessions

Year : 2006 --41st CIGRE Session

Papers : 7

Participants : 43

Highlights : Report the Development of China‘s UHVDC Grids by the Deputy

General Manager of the State Grid Corporation of China, Shu Yinbiao gave a report

on, which drew enthusiastic response.

Ruomei Li was elected as the Steering Committee Meeting the first woman member

on the committee

Year : 2008 --42nd CIGRE Session

Papers : 7

Participants : 40

Highlight : Building a Disaster-proof Reliable State Grid by the Deputy General

Manager of the State Grid Corporation of China, Zheng Baosen

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Year : 2010 --43rd CIGRE Session

Papers : 11

Participants : over 50

Highlights : Defense Schema againstLarge Disturbances in CSG by Vice President of China Southern Power Grid (CSG), Mr. Qi Dacai

Year : 2012 --44th CIGRE Session

Papers : 27

Participants : 60

Highlight : Report Intercontinental Transmission Highway for Optimization of Global Energy Resources by China's State Grid Corporation of China President Mr. LIU Zhenya

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8.2 CIGRE Activities Organized by CNC

Time : September 2007

Venue : Nanjing, Jiangsu Province China

Event : CIGRE Administrative Council Meeting September

CIGRE Steering Committee

Participants : 44 representatives of the 35 CIGRE Council member countries and

22 companions.

Highlight : China Day activities

More than 40 CIGRE Council members and more than 40 representatives from

institutions and manufacturers related to China‘s power research participated in the

activities. 6 reports were scheduled for the special seminar in the morning. The

speakers included CNC President Lu Yanchang, RTE President Andre Merlin,

Academician with the North China Electric Power University Xue Yusheng and the

Chief Engineer of TBEA Shenyang Transformer Group Zhong Juntao. The Chinese

speakers introduced the general information of the development of China‘s power

industry, the grid control and protection technique, the grid dynamic security

prevention system and the development and manufacturing techniques of China‘s

transformers. The foreign speakers talked about the European Blackout in 2006 and

introduced the standards of reliability of North American grids. After the seminar,

participants visited the Guowang Nanjing Automation Research Institute, the Nari-

Relays Electric CO., Ltd., Guodian Nanjing Automation Co. Ltd., and Jiangsu

Provincial Electric Power Dispatching Center. The China Day activities deepened the

representatives‘ understanding of China‘s power industry and thereby provided an

international platform for China‘s electrical technical research and manufacturing

institutions and enterprises.

CNC President Lu Yanchang gave an address at China Day Meeting during CIGRE Administrative Council Meeting-2007

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Time : Oct. 28-30 2009

Venue : Guilin, Guangxi Province China

Event : Cigre Symposium on Electric Power System Operation and Development

Participants : Over 120 delegates, including members of Cigre C1,C2 and C5,

CIGRE members and CIGRE officials Mr. Andre Merlin, secretary general, Mr. Jean

Kowal, CNC president Lu Yanchang, CIGRE C1 Chairman Southwell Phil, C2

Chairman Michel Armstrong, C5 Chairman Olav Bjarte Fosso

Papers : more than 60 papers were presented and 18 papers were posted. CNC

organized 29 papers for the symposium.

Time : September 11 to 15, 2011

Venue : Beijing China

Event : CIGRE Colloquium on New Developments of Rotating Electrical Machines

Participants : Over 150 delegates

Reports : 25. All the reports showed the latest developments on rotating electrical

machines across the globe.

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Time : September 19-22, 2011.

Venue : Shanghai China

Event : CIGRE B1 Workshop on Power Cables with the theme of ―Cable in Future

Grid‖ with a series of meetings of Study Committee B1 and its work groups, AORC

panel B1 meeting

Participants : 160 delegates from over 20 countries

8.3 Activities by CNC as Member of AORC

Time : September 23, 2011

Venue : Shanghai

Event : 8th Meeting of AORC Panel B1

Participants : 50

Time : September 3-5, 2013

Venue : Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China

Event : AORC-CIGRE Technical Meeting, AORC Administrative Council Meeting and

Task Force Meeting

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9. SC Chinese members

Group Fields of Activity Chinese

Representative Employer Membership

Year of Nomination

A1 Rotating Electrical Machines SUN Yutian Harbin Institute of

Large Electrical Machinery

Regular Member

2010

A2 Transformers LI Guangfan China Electric Power Research Institute

Regular Member

2010

A3 High Voltage Equipment FAN Jianbin State Grid of China Regular Member

2010

B1 Insulated Cables ZHONG Lisheng Xi‘an Jiaotong

University Regular Member

2012

B2 Overhead Lines LI Yongwei

China Power Engineering

Consulting Group corporation

Regular Member

2012

B3 Substations DENG Chun North China Electric

Power Research Institute

Regular Member

2012

B4 HVDC and Power Electronics RAO Hong China Southern

Power Grid Co., Ltd. Regular Member

2012

B5 Protection and Automation LI Li NARI Group Regular Member

2012

C1 System Development and

Economics LI Jun

State Power Economic Research

Institute

Regular Member

2012

C2 System Operation and

Control TAO Hongzhu

National Electric Power Dispatching and Communication

Center

Regular Member

2012

C3 System Environmental

Performance ZENG Rong Tsinghua University

Regular Member

2012

C4 System Technical

Performance LIAO Ruijin Chongqing University

Regular Member

2012

C5 Electricity Markets and

Regulation ZHANG Jing State Grid of China

Regular Member

2012

C6 Distribution Systems and

Dispersed Generation Fan Mingtian

China Electric Power Research Institute

Regular Member

2008

D1 Materials and emerging Test

Techniques LI Chengrong

North China Electric Power University

Regular Member

2010

D2 Information Systems and

Telecommunications LI Ning

State Power Telecommunication

Center

Regular Member

2012

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India

Indian National Committee of CIGRE (International council on Large electric System)

COUNTRY PROFILE - India

Capital New Delhi Area 3,287,263.00 sq. kilometer

Official language

Hindi Population 1.27 billion

GDP 5.00 %

(Source website)

GEOGRAPHY

INDIAN POWER SECTOR AT A GLANCE (source CEA website)

1. Growth Of Installed Capacity in MW - As on 30.05.2014

At the end of 11th

Plan (March 2012)

As on 30.05.14

Planned for 12th Plan (March 2017)

Total in 12th Plan

Planned for 13th Plan (March

2022)

Total in 13th Plan

Thermal 131603.18 171376.09 72340.00 203943.18 56400.00 260343.18

Hydro 38990.40 40661.41 10897.00 49887.40 12000.00 61887.40

Nuclear 4780.00 4780.00 5300.00 10080.00 18000.00 28080.00

Rene. Energy Sources

24503.45 31692.14 30000.00 54503.45 30500.00 85003.45

TOTAL 199877.03 248509.63 118537.00 116900.00 318414.03

Captive Generation Capacity (1MW & above) in Industries as on 31.3.2013 – 43300 MW

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2. All India Region Wise Installed Capacity in MW - As on 30.05.2014

3. Sector Wise Installed Capacity And Generation - As on 30.05.2014

SECTOR INSTALLED CAPACITY in (MW)

THERMAL NUCLEAR HYDRO RES TOTAL

CENTRAL 52990.54 4780.00 10355.41 0.00 68125.95

STATE 60978.93 0.0 27482.00 3803.67 92264.60

PRIVATE 54420.52 0.0 2694.00 27888.47 85002.99

TOTAL 168389.99 4780.00 40531.41 31692.14 245393.54

4. Growth Of Transmission Sector

Unit At the end of

11th Plan (March 2012)

Addition During April 2014

As on 30.04.2014

Expected addition

during 12th Plan (March

2017)

Total after 12th

plan

Expected addition

during 13th Plan (March

2017)

Total after 13th

Plan

TRANSMISSION LINES

765 Kv ckm 5250 0 11096

+/- HVDC ckm 9432 0 9432

400 kV ckm 106819 605 126562

220 kV ckm 135980 74 144925

Total Transmissi

on Lines

ckm 257481 679 292015 109440 366921 130000 496921

SUBSTATIONS

TOTAL HVDC

Terminal Capacity

MW 9750 0 13500

270,000

300,000

765 kV MVA 25000 0 83000

400 kV MVA 151027 1130 178582

220 kV MVA 223774 560 257154

TOTAL MVA 409551 1690 532236 270,000 679551 300,000 979,551

REGION THERMAL HYDRO NUCLEAR RES TOTAL

Northern 41227.75 16460.76 1620 5935.77 65244.28

Western 70047.40 7447.50 1840 11271.07 90605.97

Southern 32484.60 11398.03 1320 13784.67 58987.30

Eastern 26135.08 4113.12 0 432.86 30681.06

N. Eastern

1411.24 1242.00 0 256.67

2909.91

Islands 70.02 0 0 11.10 81.12

ALL INDIA

168389.99 40531.41 4780 31692.14

245393.54

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5. Rural Electrification/ Per Capita Consumption (As on 31-03-2014)

Total no. of Villages 593732

No. of Villages Electrified 572414

% of villages electrified 96.4%

Total no. of Pump-set 18858509

No. of Pump-sets Energized 19107285

Per Capita Consumption during 2012-13

*917.18 kWh

*Provisional

6. RE Sector in India: Potential and Achievements - [As on 31.03.2014]

GRID-INTERACTIVE POWER

Potential - (MW)

Achievement - (MW)

Sector

Wind 45195 21136.3

Small Hydro (up to 25 MW) 15000 3803.7

Bagasse Cogeneration 5000 2648.4

Biomass 16881 1365.2

Waste to Power 2700 100.6

Solar Power (SPV) -- 2647.0

Total 84776 31707.20

OFF GRID/CAPTIVE POWER

1022.8

7. Salient Features & Achievements:

Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission

Govt of India has taken a lead for accelerating the generation through Solar Energy and in July 2009, India unveiled a $19 billion plan, to produce 20 GW of solar power by 2020. The main features of the National Solar Mission are to Make India a global leader in solar energy and the mission envisages an installed solar generation capacity of 20,000 MW by 2022, 1,00,000 MW by 2030 and of 2,00,000 MW by 2050. The deployment is envisaged as follows:

SN Application Segment Target for phase 1

(2010-2013)

Target for phase 2

(2013-17)

Target for phase 3

(2017-22)

1 Solar collectors 07 million sq meters

15 million sq meters

20 million sq meters

2 Off Grid Solar applications

200 MW 1000 MW 2000 MW

3 Utility Grid Power including roof top

1000-2000 MW 4000-10000 MW

20000 MW

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Development of 1200kV Test Station: This is the highest voltage in the world. India has already created a 1200 kV test Station at Bina (M.P.). This test Station is under successful operation for the last about one and half year.

'ONE NATION'-'ONE GRID'-'ONE FREQUENCY' : On 31st December 2013, Southern Region was connected to Central Grid in Synchronous mode with the commissioning of 765kV Raichur-Solapur Transmission line thereby achieving 'ONE NATION'-'ONE GRID'-'ONE FREQUENCY'

Smart City: The Government has announced its intent to develop '100 Smart Cities' in India. It is anticipated to comprise a mix of up-grading the existing cities and building new cities or Greenfield cities.

Large expansion in Transmission line: In India bulk transmission has increased from 3,708 ckm in 1950 to more than 292015 ckm. This gigantic transmission network, spread over length and breadth of the country, is consistently maintained at an availability of over 99%.

CREATION OF INDIAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF CIGRE

CIGRE (India) was set up as a society in the year 1991 and its secretariat housed in main building of Central Board of Irrigation and Power (CBI&P) at New Delhi. It functions as the National Committee i.e. CIGRE (India). The CIGRE (India) coordinates interest of Indian members and organises National Study Committee (NSC) meetings etc. It also recommends appropriate experts for CIGRE Study Committees. The National representatives constitute Indian committees and are instrumental in providing feed back to Cigre Study Committee.

Aim & Objectives

The aims and objectives for which the committee i.e. CIGRE (India) is constituted is to implement and promote objectives of the International Council on Large High Voltage Electric System (CIGRE) and accelerate its activities, which include the interchange of technical knowledge and information between all countries in the general fields of electricity generation, transmission at high voltage and distribution etc.

Activities

The activities of CIGRE (India) are administered by the General Body and the Governing Council. The Governing Council constituted for day to day administrative decisions comprises of a President; two Vice-Presidents; Secretary & Treasurer and Members

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Office Bearers : The Committee has the following office bearers:

President

Mr. R.N. Nayak

CMD, POWERGRID

Vice-President

Mr. N.N. Misra

Director, NTPC Ltd.

Vice-President

Mr. M.K. Dube

Former Director, BHEL

Secretary & Treasurer

Mr. V.K. Kanjlia Secretary, CBI&P

Technical Sub-Committees: The 16 Technical Study Committees at national level, as constituted by the Governing Council, meet minimum 2 times in a year or as and when found necessary, keeping in view the requirements of CIGRE/ problems of National interest. The study committees are the shadow committees of the CIGRE Study Committees.

The sub-committees collaborate amongst experts within the country and supports the concerned study group members.

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Past President of CIGRE India

Mata Prasad, Founder President

(1991-1993)

R.K. Narayan,

Ex -CMD, Power Grid

(1994 – 1995)

S.C. Parakh,

Ex -CMD, Power Grid

(1995 –1996)

C.V.J. Varma

Ex Member Secy, CBIP (1996 – 2001)

R.P. Singh

Ex -CMD, Power Grid (2001 – 2009)

S.K. Chaturvedi Ex -CMD, Power Grid

(2009 –2011

About 250 members have been so far registered for the current year. (i.e. 2014)

I. Indian Members in CIGRE administrative Council & Steering committee

CIGRE India is an active member of administrative Council of CIGRE. Mr. C.V.J. Varma, has been on the administrative council from 1970 to 2000

CIGRE India was also represented in Steering Committee of CIGRE during the year 2005-06 by Mr. R.P. Singh, CMD, POWERGRID

II. CIGRE Award to Indian Professionals

Recipient of CIGRE Technical Committee Award for their outstanding

contribution to CIGRE

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Mata Prasad

Founder President CIGRE, India Received in the year 1998

B.S. Palki Former Vice President, ABB Ltd. Received in the year 2005

Honorary Membership of CIGRE : Mr. C.V.J. Varma, has been awarded

Honorary Membership of CIGRE on 30th August 1994 in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the association. He is the only Indian till date in more than 85 years history of CIGRE given this rare honour.

Mr. C.V.J. Varma receiving honorary membership from Mr. J. Lepecki, President, CIGRE

Recipient of CIGRE Distinguished Award

Mata Prasad,

Former ED, NTPC

K.S. Madhawan,

GEC Alstom

P.M. Ahluwalia,

Former Member, CEA Year 1998 Year 2000

R.T. Chari, Tag Corporation

P. Bose, EMC, Kolkata

Year 2002

B.S. Palki, ABB

Dr. T. Adhikari, BHEL

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Yogendra Prasad Former CMD, NHPC

Bhanu Bhushan, Former Member , CERC

Year 2012

N.N. Misra,

Director, NTPC

R.P. Sasmal

Director, POWERGRID

M. Vijayakumaran, Sr. Technical Expert

Alstom T&D

Year 2013

Y.K. Sehgal

Executive Director, POWERGRID

A.K. Mishra

AGM, POWERGRID

B.B. Shah

Kalpataru Power Transmission

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I. Membership in CIGRE Study Committee 2014-16

Following India are representatives of various Study committee:

Mr. A.K. Gupta Executive Director

NTPC Ltd & member of

CIGRE SC-Rotating Machine (A1)

Mr. M. Vijayakumaran Sr. Tech.Expert, Alstom

T&D & member of CIGRE SC on

Transformers (A2)

Mr. S.P. Hambarde

AGM, NTPC & member of CIGRE SC on HV

Equipment (A3)

Mr. Deepal Shah

Country Mgr, Brugg Kable & member of

CIGRE SC on HV

Insulated Cables (B1)

Mr. Gopal Ji

GM, Powergrid &

member of CIGRE SC on Overhead Lines (B2)

Mr. Rajil Shrivastava,

DGM, Powergrid &

member of CIGRE SC on Substations (B3)

Mr. Oommen Chandy,

Executive Director,

POWERGRID & member

of CIGRE SC on HVDC (B4)

Mr. S.G. Patki

VP (QA-IT), Tata Power & member of CIGRE SC

on Protection (B5)

Mr. Y.K. Sehgal

Executive Director Powergrid & member of

CIGRE SC on Planning & Development (C1)

Mr. V.K. Agarwal

Executive Director POSOCO and member of

CIGRE SC on Operation

and Control (C2)

Mr. Anish Anand,

AGM, Powergrid & member of CIGRE SC

on System

Environmental Performance (C3)

Mr. S.K. Negi,

Managing Director,

GETCO.& member of CIGRE SC on System

Technical Performance (C4)

Sushil Kumar

Soonee CEO, POSOCO, &

member of CIGRE SC

on Electricity Markets and Regulation (C5)

Mr. Subir Sen,

GM, POWERGRID & member of CIGRE SC on

Distribution Systems And Dispersed

Generation (C6)

S.V.N. Jithin Sundar

GM, BHEL & member of CIGRE SC on Material

For Electro technology (D1)

N.S. Sodha, ED,

Powergrid & member of CIGRE SC on

Information Systems

& Telecommunication (D2)

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I. Participation in last five CIGRE sessions

CIGRE session No. of papers accepted/ submitted

Nos. of Participants

2014 17/ 26 around 100

2012 13/16 61

2010 10/16 53

2008 12/16 22

2006 10/15 34

II. Growth of Membership in last ten year

Year Young Individual Collective I – Org. Collective II – Inst.

Total

2003 Nil 163 10+2 225

2004 4 175 11+6 246

2005 5 160 12+5 235

2006 7 213 15+5 305

2007 11 181 15+4 275

2008 13 182 15+4 278

2009 137 174 15+8 403

2010 66 160 23+7 345

2011 25 127 23+8 280

2012 23 120 21+14 276

2013 27 112 16 + 7 243

2014 16 128 16 + 6 250

III. Major Events organized by CIGRE India in the past:

1 Meeting of CIGRE SC 36 on Interference and related working groups

6-8 Oct. 1975, New Delhi

2 CIGRE Technical committee meeting in India 4-7 April 1995, New Delhi

3 Regional Meeting on Power Pool Arrangements and Economical Load Despatch

13-14 Oct. 1995 New Delhi

4 CIGRE WG 23.01 on Gas Insulated Sub station 11-12 Nov. 1996, N. Delhi

5 CIGRE Executive Committee & Administrative Council meeting

6-8 Sept. 1997, N. Delhi

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6 Tutorial on Power Quality Issues, measures, Sources and Analysis

Power Quality Assessment and Solution techniques, and Harmonics in Power Systems

9th Sept. 1997 and 12 Sept. 1997

7 CIGRE Regional meeting on Power Quality - Assessment of Impact

10-11 Sept. 1997, ND

8 International Conference ―Modern trends in the Protection Schemes of Electric Power Apparatus and

Systems

28-30 Oct. 1998 New Delhi

9 International Conference on Power Quality – assessment of Impact

6-7 Nov. 2001, New Delhi

10 CIGRE RM on Bulk Power Transmission System integration in Developing Countries

8-10 Nov. 2001 New Delhi

11 TUTORIAL I Planning Aspects of HVDC & FACTS – B. Davies, Manitoba Hydro,

TUTORIAL II HVDC Terminal Equipment – Victor Lescale, ABB Sweden

TUTORIAL III New Development in HVDC/ FACTS Equip.- Dr. D. Retzmann, Siemens, Germy.

TUTORIAL IV AC/DC Harmonic Filters – Ms Lin Jiang, ABB Sweden

TUTORIAL V VSC Transmission – B. Andersen, UK

TUTORIAL VI HVDC Control & Protection – Georg Wild, Siemens, Germany

17/18 Sept. 2005 Bangalore

12 CIGRE Executive committee Meeting 18.09.2005, Bangalore

13 CIGRE Administrative Council Meeting 19-09-2005, Bangalore

14 CIGRE SC B4 Meeting 22.09.2005, Bangalore

15 CIGRE SC B4 and Its WG Meeting/ India Day and Conference & Tutorials

CIGRE Colloquium on ―Role of High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC), Flexible AC Transmission Systems

(FACTS) and Emerging Technologies in Evolving Power Systems‖

23- 24 September 2005

Bangalore

15 Intl. Symposium on Standard for Ultra High Voltage during Gridtech 2009

29-30 Jan. 2009, N. Delhi

16 workshop on ―Latest Technologies in Power Transmission Sector‖ -

20 May 2010, New Delhi

17 CIGRE WG meeting and Conference on Development of 1200 kV National Test Station

28, 29-30 Sept. 2010

18 International Colloquium on ―Best Practices in Design & Maintenance Techniques for EHV Lines‖

21-22 Oct 2010, N. Delhi

19 Gridtech 2011 Exhibition and Conference on Transmission

19-21 April 2011, ND

20 "Latest Trends in EHV Under Ground Cables & Accessories"

6 - 7 Dec. 2011, ND

21 CIGRE Tutorials with Elecrama - IEEMA at Mumbai 20-21 Jan 2012

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B1 : Insulated cables; B3 : Sub Station B2 : Over Head Lines B5 : Power System Protection

Mumbai

22 CIGRE A3 29 WG Meeting & Colloquium on Management of ageing EHV equipments

5 - 6 March 2012 New Delhi

23 CIGRE AORC B1 committee meeting and International Colloquium on EHV Cables

22-23 Jan 2013 New Delhi

24 CIGRE International Colloquium on Ultra High Voltage Equipments – in conjunction with Gridtech 2013

3-4 April 2013 New Delhi

24 CIGRE SC D2 Meeting and International Tutorial & Colloquium on SMART GRID

12-16 November, 2013

Infosys Campus, Mysore

(Karnataka), India

24 CIGRE tutorials in conjunction with Elecrama 2014 9th Jan. 2014, Bangalore

25 CIGRE India NSC B1 - Workshop on ―High Voltage Cables, Accessories and Installation‖

30th – 31st Jan. 2014 New Delhi.

26 Interactive workshop on Latest Advances in Substations 25-26 March 2014

In addition to the above CIGRE India organizes at least one event per year at National level on subject of each of the 16 CIGRE Study Committees. Besides above CIGRE India regularly organizes Pre CIGRE and Post CIGRE conferences. Pre CIGRE conference is arranged one month prior to CIGRE Paris session with the aims To have the input and considered opinion from the experts within the country on the Technological Developments & Innovations in Power Sector to be discussed during CIGRE session at Paris. Post CIGRE conference is organized by CIGRE India to review the proceedings of CIGRE session in Indian Context for implementation of the recommendations. Pre and Post CIGRE conferences being held by us in India have not only helped tremendously in boosting the activities of CIGRE in India but also increased the membership. The recommendations of the above events are widely circulated for the benefit of the professionals in the country Major events in India attended by CIGRE office bearers and Technical committee members 1. Meeting of CIGRE Study Committee 36 on Interference

CIGRE India organized a Meeting of CIGRE Study Committee 36 on Interference and related working groups from 6 to 8 Oct. 1975, at New Delhi (India)

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View of participants during Meeting

2. International Colloquium on H.V.D.C. Power Transmission, September 9-11, 1991 at New Delhi

An International Colloquium on HVDC Power Transmission was jointly organized by the Central Board of Irrigation and Power in its capacity as Indian National Committee for International Conference on Large High Voltage Electric Systems (CIGRE) and the CIGRE Study Committee 14: DC Links from 9-11 September, 1991 in New Delhi.

The International Colloquium was inaugurated by Mr. Vidyacharan Shukla, Union Minister of Water Resources. Mr. Kalpnath Rai, Hon‘ble Minister of State for Power and Non-Conventional Energy Sources, (Independent Charge) presided over the Inaugural function. The Conference was attended by about 230 participants

including 60 from abroad.

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3. Meeting of Technical Committee of CIGRE

The Technical Committee of CIGRE, which consists of the Chairman of all fifteen study Committees, in addition to the Secretary General and the representatives of the Administrative Council of CIGRE, is an extremely important high profile body. In spite of existence of CIGRE for over 70 years, a meeting of this high power Committee has never been held in India. However, after considerable efforts, it

met from 4-7 April, 1995 at New Delhi.

4. Regional Meeting on Power Pool Arrangements and economical load

dispatch was organized by CIGRE India on 13-14 October 1995.

L-R – C.V.J. Varma, Dr. Tan Sri Ani Arope, A.L. Jaggi, M.I. Beg, J. lepeski, Y. Porcheron, and S.V. Gopalan

The distinguishing feature of the meet was the presence of Mr. J. Lepecki, President of CIGRE from Brazil and Mr. Y. Porcheron, Secretary General of CIGRE from France. The meet was inaugurated by Mr. M.I. Beg, Chairman, CEA and was presided over

by Mr. A.L. Jaggi, Director (Operation), Power Grid Corpn. of India Ltd. Mr. Y. Porchenron, Secretary General, CIGRE addressed the participants. There was a

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special lecture on Malaysian Experiences by Dr. Tan Sri Ani Arope. The Executive Chairman of Tenaga Nasional Berhad.

There were about 240 delegates, 31 of them from abroad. The countries from which delegates came included Nepal, Malaysia, U.K., U.S.A., France, Canada, Indonesia, Brazil etc.

The Key-Note addresses during the meet were presented by Mr. James V. Barker, Vice-President Management Services, KEMA – ECC Inc. Fairfax, Virgina and Mr. Kari Nyman, Sr. Energy Economist, World Bank, Besides the Key Note Addresses, 29 Papers were presented and discussed during the two days spread over six technical

sessions.

5. Meeting of Cigre WG 23.10 on ―Gas Insulated Sub-station―

Cigre WG 23.10 on ―Gas Insulated Sub-station met in New Delhi for the 1st time on 11th & 12th Nov. 1996. The topics discussed included ―User Guide for

application of GIS‖, ―GIS Service Experience‖ ―Handling of decomposition product and ―control and supervision of GIS‖.

6. CIGRE Administrative Council Meeting on 8-9 Sept. 1997 and

International conference on ―Power Quality – Assessment of Impact‖

From L-R : Mata Prasad,Erich W. Gunthar, Y. Sekine, Y. Thomas, Dr. E.A.S. Sarma, R.N. Srivastava, Michal

Chamia, & Andre Merline

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The CIGRE regional meeting on Power Quality – Assessment of Impact was organized by CIGRE India & Central Board of Irrigation & Power on 10-11 Sept. 1997. This regional Meeting was preceded by CIGRE Administrative Council Meeting on 8-9 Sept. 1997. Three tutorials were also held on 9.9.97 & 12.9.1997 9Tutorial -1 – Power Quality Issues Measures Sources and analysis; Tutorial 2 – Power Quality Assessment and solution Techniques; Tutorial 3: Harmonics in Power System.

Y. Thomas, Secretary General, CIGRE addressing the participants

Michal Chamia, President CIGRE addressing the participants

About 310 delegates including 50 from the countries like Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Croatia, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy , Japan, Korea, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, South Africa, Sweeden, Switzerland, Thailand, and USA besides India.

Mr. Y. Thomas, Secretary General, CIGRE from France, Dr. E.A.S. Sarma, Secrerary to Government of India, Ministry of Power, Mr. R.N. Srivastava, Chairman, Central Electricity Authority and Ex-officio Secretary to Government of India and Mr. Michal Chamia, President CIGRE graced the Inaugural session.

7. International Conference on Bulk Power Transmission System Integration in Developing Countries, November 8-10, 2001 New Delhi

The Committee for CIGRE (India) and Central Board of Irrigation and Power in association

with Power Grid Corporation of India organised CIGRE Regional Meeting on "Bulk Power

Transmission System Integration in Developing Countries" from 8-10 November 2001 at

New Delhi. Participants from all over the world exchanged their concerns and experiences in

rapidly changing technologies in transmission of power. Forty two technical papers on topics

of special significance to power system of India and other developing countries were

discussed during the conference. A total of 125

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participants took part in the conference including 20 from other countries like Bangladesh, England, France, Germany, Japan, Korea, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Thailand, Iran

.

The Hon'able Minister of State for Power Smt. Jayawanti Mehta, inaugurated the conference on 8 November 2001. Mr. R.P. Singh, President CIGRE - India and CMD, Power Grid Corporation of India delivered the keynote address.

Mr. Jean Kowal, Secretary General, CIGRE addressed the participants in the

inaugural session.

8. CIGRE SC B4 and Its WG Meeting/ India Day and Conference & Tutorials and CIGRE Colloquium on ―Role of High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC), Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS) and Emerging Technologies in Evolving Power Systems‖

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The Committee for CIGRE India in association with Central Board of Irrigation and

Power and Power Grid Corporation of India Limited and in cooperation with the

Chairman and members of CIGRE SC B4 on HVDC and Power Electronics

organised a colloquium on ―Role of HVDC FACTS and emerging technologies in

evolving power systems‖ on 23-24 September 2005 at Bangalore. It was preceded

by 6 tutorials, CIGRE SC B4 working groups meeting and the meeting of SC B4

itself. In addition CIGRE India also hosted CIGRE Executive committee and

Administrative council meeting on 19 September 2005 in conjunction with the

above events.

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This week long programme was very prestigious event for India and a unique

opportunity for national experts and engineers to interact with about 100

international experts who were available at one platform during the above events.

There were total 250 participants in the six tutorials from Public Sector undertakings, Utilities, Academic Institutes, Industries, and Manufactures.

Tutorial on VSC Transmission by

Mr. B. Anderson UK

Tutorial on HVDC Controls & Protection by Mr. George Wild,

Siemens, Germay

Tutorial on New Development in HVDC/ FACTS by

Dr. D. Retzman, Siemens, Germany

Tutorial on Planning aspects of HVDC & FACTS by Mr. B.Davise Manitoba Hydro, Canada

Tutorial on AC/DC harmonics Filters by

Ms Lin Jiang, ABB Sweden

Tutorial on HVDC Terminal Equipment

Mr. Victor Lescale, ABB Sweden

The two days colloquium was organized on 23 & 24 September 2005. Mr. R.P. Singh, CMD power Grid was the Chief Guest and inaugurated the colloquium. Mr. Y. Filion, President CIGRE, Mr. Marcio Szechtman, Chairman CIGRE SC B4, Mr. J. Haque, Director (Opertaion), Power Grid and Chairman of the Organising Committee, Mr. Mata Prasad, Founder President CIGRE India, were on the dais and addressed the participants during Inaugural Session.

About 250 persons attended the Colloquium including the members of CIGRE Adm. Council, CIGRE SC B4 and its working Groups. Technical Visit to SLDC controls Center and HVDC Terminal at Kolar was organized for the participants of the Colloquium.

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CIGRE India organized INDIA DAY on 20.9.05 with the idea to project India‘s achievements & development in Power Sector by the high profile Indian experts from Power Grid, NHPC, BHEL, CPRI and ABB before the members of CIGRE Administrative Council who are world-renowned experts in the field. There were about 100 participants in the India day celebrations including CIGRE Administrative

Council members.

9. International Symposium on Standards for Ultra High Voltage during

Gridtech 2009

From L-R : Mr. V.K. kanjlia, Secretary, CIGRE India & CBIP, Mr. S.K.

Chaturvedi, CMD, Power Grid Corporation of India , Mr. Rakesh Nath, Chairperson, Central Electricity Authority and Ex officio Secretary to GOI,,

Mr. A. Merlin, President CIGRE and Mr. J. Regies, President, IEC

The 2nd International Symposium on Standards for Ultra High Voltage (UHV) Transmission

was organised jointly by International Electrotechnical Commission

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(IEC) and International Council on Large Electric Systems (CIGRE) on 29-30 January, 2009 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. The symposium was held in conjunction with GRIDTECH 2009, the International Exhibition on New Technologies in Transmission & Distribution. M/s Power Grid Corporation of India; Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS) and CIGRE India (i.e. Central Board of Irrigation & Power) were the Indian hosts for the symposium.

The objective of the Symposium was to make recommendations for UHV standards required for the market and to develop strategies for international standardization of UHV technologies, in response to rapid needs for UHV. The symposium was Inaugurated by Mr. Rakesh Nath, Chairperson, Central Electricity Authority and Ex officio Secretary to GOI, Mr. S.K. Chaturvedi, CMD, Power Grid Corporation of India , Mr. A. Merlin, President CIGRE and Mr. J. Regies, President, IEC were the Guest of Honour and addressed the participants during Inaugural session. Mr. Jean Kowal, Secretary General, CIGRE and Mr. Gabriel Brata, Secretary General IEC also graced the occasion. About 300 including 100 international Professionals participated in the above symposium and 26 International experts from countries like, AUSTRIA; CANADA: CHINA; FRANCE; GERMANY; ITALY; JAPAN; NETHERLANDS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; and UNITED STATES etc, made lively presentations in technical session

10. CIGRE Tutorials with Elecrama - IEEMA at Mumbai from 20-21 Jan 2012

CIGRE India, Central Board of Irrigation and Power jointly with IEEMA in conjunction with ELECRAMA 2012, the world largest confluence of power transmission and distribution organized CIGRE Tutorials by CIGRE experts from 20-21 January 2012 at Mumbai. Eminent international experts from CIGRE delivered lectures on HV transmission during following tutorials.

B1 : Insulated cables; B3 : Sub Station B2 : Over Head Lines B5 : Power System Protection

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The Tutorials started with the Inaugural session on 20th January 2012. Dr. Klaus Frohlich, Chairman CIGRE Technical Committee, Mr. R.N. Nayak, President, CIGRE India and CMD, Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd., Mr. V.K. Kanjlia, Secretary CIGRE India and Secretary, CBIP, Mr. P.P. Wahi, Director, CBIP, Mr. R. Chandak, President, IEEMA and Mr. Murali Venkatraman, Past President, IEEMA were on the dais during Inaugural session

R.N. Nayak

CMD, POWERGRID and President, CIGRE India

Klaus Froehlich, Chairman

CIGRE Technical Committee, Paris

After the ceremonial lighting of the lamp, Mr. R.N. Nayak, President CIGRE India who was the chief Guest during Inaugural session for the Tutorials on 20 Jan. 2012 in his inaugural address brought out that he has called a high-level meeting of CEOs of all concerned companies that will help build its dream project, Smart City. Mr. Klaus Froehlich, Chairman of CIGRE Technical Committee also addressed the participants during Inaugural session. Mr. Klaus gave a brief introduction of CIGRE and its activities. He informed that CIGRE provides an international forum to engineers working in various fields of electricity generation & high voltage Transmission system with the objective to develop technical knowledge and exchange of information amongst countries. Following Eminent International Experts from CIGRE; chairman of the respective CIGRE Study committee; attended and conducted various tutorials:

Mr. Papailiou Konstantin, Switzerland

Mr. Argaut Pierre France

Mr. Maugain Yves Paul Emile, France

Mr. Terrence Wayne Krieg, Australia

Mr. Iony Patriota de

Siqueira, Brazil

Mr. Dale Alan Douglass, USA

Mr. Peter Joachim Glaubitz, Germany

Mr. Robert George Stephen, South African

Mr. Alexander Pantchov Apostolov, USA

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International Experts during Inaugural session of CIGRE Tutorial

The four Tutorials were well attended, with participation from all Power Utilities/ Corporations, State Electricity Boards, State Governments, Independent Power Producers, Energy Planners, Private Entrepreneurs, Developers, Manufacturers, Consultants, Construction Companies, Industry Associations, Financial & Technical Institutions, Training Institutions, Testing and Certification Institutions etc.

11. CIGRE A3 29 WG Meeting & Colloquium on Management of ageing

EHV equipments, 5-7 March 2012 CIGRE-India, in its capacity as the National Committee for CIGRE, and Central Board of Irrigation and Power (CBIP) organized a two-day International Colloquium on the subject, with the aim to take advantage of the presence of International Experts of CIGRE in the country. The experts were in town for their Working Group Meeting. The colloquium provided a forum for open discussions and exchange of information on the ‗State-o-the-Art‘ technology on the subject. Both the days were well attended, and almost the entire period witnessed a constant lively interaction between the experts and the participants. A variety of case studies were shared and numerous queries were resolved. By the end of the colloquium, the participants had a load of take-homes, and the experts had the satisfaction of a job well done. The colloquium was initiated with the Inaugural Session, and continued with five Technical Sessions. The last technical Session also served as the concluding session. The first four technical sessions were devoted to the presentations by the invited CIGRE experts. The fifth and the last session saw presentations by two of the largest Public Sector Undertakings, which shared their relevant experiences.

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L- R - Mr Alok Roy, CEO, Reliance Energy, Ms Dagmar Kopejtkova, CEPS, Czech Republic, Mr S K Agrawal, ED,

PGCIL, Mr V K Kanjlia, Secretary, CIGRE-India and Secretary, CBIP

Eminent personalities graced the dais were:

Ms. Dagmar Kopejtkova, CEPS, Czech Republic Mr. Alok Roy, CEO, Reliance Energy

Mr. P.P. Wahi, Director, CBIP

12. CIGRE AORC B1 committee meeting and International Colloquium on EHV Cables

From L-R - Mr. Pierre Arguat, Mr Ken Barbar, Mr. V.K. Kanjlia, Mr. K. K. Agarwal, Mr. S.K. Negi, Mr. P. P. Wahi,

Mr. Deepal Shah

The committee for CIGRE (India) and Central Board of Irrigation & Power (CBIP) Organised International Conference of CIGRE Asia Oceana Regional Council - HV & EHV Insulated Cables on 22-23 January 2013 in the Regency Ballroom, Hotel Hyatt Regency, Bhikaji Cama Place, Ring Road, New Delhi. M/s Brugg Cable were the

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Platinum Sponsor for the conference. M/s General Cables & Cable Tech Machines were the Gold sponsor and M/s Raychem were the silver sponsor for the conference. The conference was attended by 175 participants from various Power Utilities, EPC Companies and Cable manufacturing companies. There were participants from the countries like AUSTRALIA, HONGKONG, THAILAND JAPAN, KOREA, etc. The CIGRE Chairman of B1 from FRANCE delivered the tutorials on this subject. A meeting of AORC B1 was convened in the first half on 22nd Jan. 2013. And the conference started after lunch break at 1400 hrs. The conference started with the Inaugural Session with the following dignitaries on the dais:

Mr. V.K. Kanjlia, Secretary, CIGRE India Mr. Deepal Shah, Chairman, CIGRE NSC B1 Mr. Pierre Arguat, Chairman, CIGRE SC B1 Mr. S.K. Negi, MD, GETCO

Mr. K. K. Agarwal, Member (GO), CEA Mr. P. P. Wahi, Director, CBIP

Mr Ken Barbar, Convener of AORC B1 and Mr. A.K. Haldar, Director, DTL was also on the Dais during Inaugural session. Mr. Kanjlia, Secretary CIGRE India delivered the welcome address. Mr. Deepal Shah, Mr. Pierre Argua, Mr. S.K. Negi also addressed the participants during Inaugural Session. Mr. K.K. Agarwal, Member (GO) CEA and Addl. Secretary to GOI

delivered the Inaugural address.

13. CIGRE International Colloquium on Ultra High Voltage Equipments – in

conjunction with Gridtech 2013

From L-R - Mr V K Kanjlia, Dr Konstantin Papailiou, Dr Klaus Fröhlich,

Mr R N Nayak

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Central Board of Irrigation and Power (CBIP), in association with CIGRE India, had organised the above conference for the Power Engineering Community. Apart from the great local participation, the conference attracted a significant number of visitors from other countries, giving everyone a platform and the opportunity for a free and frank exchange of knowledge on the topic. Overall, the conference was a success and every participant was a net gainer. The aim of the event was fulfilled. The period of the conference was organized as starting with an Inaugural Session, with six Technical Sessions, and a closing session at the end of the second day, to summarise the proceedings of the technical sessions and also to formally declare the end of the conference.

The dignitaries who graced the dais were:

Dr Klaus Fröhlich, President, CIGRE

Dr Konstantin Papailiou, Consultant

Mr R N Nayak, CMD, PGCIL

Mr V K Kanjlia, Secretary, CBIP

After the formal colloquium, interested participants visited the unique 1200 kV test station, located at Bina, Madhya Pradesh, India.

14. CIGRE SC D2 Meeting and International Tutorial & Colloquium on

SMART GRID – 12-16 Nov. 2013 at Mysore, Karnataka

Following an invitation from the India National Committee of Cigré, SC D2 held its

annual event in Mysore, Karnataka (IN) from November 12th to 16th, 2013. The SC

D2 event included:

the SC D2 regular meeting; the SC D2 colloquium; a tutorial on ―Cyber security‖, ―Computing and software for smart grid‖,

―Communication challenges for smart grid‖ and ―Integration of renewable‖; and the visit of the control centre of the Mysore distribution system

operator.

SC D2 meeting in Mysore

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SC D2 Colloquium, opening panel (from L-R) - Mr. Kanjlia, Secretary Cigré India and Secretary CBIP; Mr. N S Sodha, Executive Director, Powergrid, India and Chairman Cigré NSC D2; Mr. M.R Sreenivasa Murthy, Chairman, Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Authority; Mr V Balakrishnan, Member Infosys Board and Head of Infosys India Business Unit; Mr. Carlos Samitier, SC D2 Chairman; Mr. N. Murugesan, Director General, Central Power Research Institute (CPRI),

SC D2 Colloquium, attendance

Dr. Ms. Amita Prasad, Energy Secretary to the Government of Karnataka State, India, chaired

the closing session of the SC D2 Colloquium

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Mr. Kanjlia, Mr. C. Samitier, Mr. M. Monti, Mr. N S Sodha and Mr. Wahi.

1. CIGRE Tutorial on 9th Jan. 2014 in conjunction Elecrama 2014

Mr. P.P. Wahi, Director, CIGRE India /CBIP condusting CIGRE Tutorials

Mr. P.P. Wahi, Director CBIP/ CIGRE India conducted One day CIGRE Tutorials organized on 9th Jan. 2014 in Cassia Hall at BIEC, Bangalore in conjunction with Elecrama 2014. The tutorials were taken by CIGRE chairman of Study Committee on B3 Substation,

C6 on Distributed & Dispersed Generation, A3 on High Voltage Equipment, B4 on

HVDC, and B2 on Overhead Lines

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Mr. Terry

Krieg Mr. Nikos

Hatziargyriou Mr. Hiroki

Ito Dr Bjarne R Andersen

Mr. Herbert Lugschitz

Mr. N. Murugesan, DG, CPRI was the chief Guest. Other dignitaries on the dais were,

Madam, Prema Menon, IEEMA. Mr. Mr. Terry Krieg (Australia) Chairman CIGRE SC B3 on Substation. Mr. Nikos Hatziargyriou (Greece), Chairman CIGRE SC C6 on Distributed &

Dispersed Generation Mr. Hiroki Ito (Japan), Chairman CIGRE SC A3 on High Voltage Equipment Dr Bjarne R Andersen, Chairman CIGRE SC B4 on HVDC

Mr. Herbert Lugschitz (Austria), Secretary CIGRE SC B2 on Overhead Lines Total 350 participants attended the Tutorials.

16. Interactive Workshop on ―High Voltage Cables, Accessories and

Installation‖ on 30 – 31 Jan., 2014 at New Delhi The committee for CIGRE (India) and Central Board of Irrigation & Power (CBIP), under the aegis CIGRE NSC B1 on HV Insulated Cables, Organised an Interactive Workshop on ―High Voltage Cables, Accessories and Installation‖ on 30th - 31st Jan. 2014, New Delhi. M/s Brugg Cable Supported the event as Platinum Sponsor. M/s Polycab extended financial support in the supporter category. The conference was attended by about 110 participants from Central Sector Organization; R&D Institutes; Power Utilities; PSUs; Private Sector organization The workshop started with the Inaugural Session with the following dignitaries on the dais:

Mr. Deepal Shah, Chairman, CIGRE NSC B1 Mr. V.K. Kanjlia, Secretary, CIGRE India

Mr. A.K. Haldar, Director, DTL Mr. Pierre Arguat, Chairman, CIGRE SC B1 Mr. Pietro Cosaro Brugg Kable, (Switzerland) Mr. P. P. Wahi, Director, CBIP

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L-R - Mr. Deepal Shah, Chairman, CIGRE NSC B1, Mr. V.K. Kanjlia, Secretary, CIGRE India, Mr. A.K. Haldar, Director, DTL, Mr. Pierre Arguat, Chairman, CIGRE SC B1, Mr.

Pietro Cosaro Brugg Kable, (Switzerland), Mr. P. P. Wahi, Director, CBIP

Mr. Kanjlia, Secretary CIGRE India welcomed the dignitaries and delivered the welcome address. While welcoming the dignitaries, Mr. Kanjlia expressed deep gratitude to Mr. Pierre Aurget, Chairman CIGRE SC B1 for his continual guidance and support to CIGRE India for enhancing its activities particularly connected with the subject of CIGRE SC B1. Mr. Kanjlia also appreciated the efforts put by Mr. Deepal Shah for enhancing the activities as National Representative in CIGRE SC B1. Mr. Deepal Shah, Mr. Pierre Aurgat, Mr. A.K. Haldar, Director, DTL also Mr. Pietro Cosaro Brugg Kable, (Switzerland) addressed the participants during Inaugural Session. Mr. P.P. Wahi, Director, CBIP/ CIGRE India proposed vote of thanks at the

end of Inaugural session.

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17. Interactive workshop on Latest Advances in Substations – 25-26 March 2014

The Committee for CIGRE India in its capacity as National Committee for CIGRE and

Central Board of Irrigation and Power under the aegis CIGRE NSC B3 on Substations

has organizing Interactive Workshop on ―LATEST ADVANCES IN SUBSTATIONS‖ on

25th - 26th March 2014 in the Conference Hall, Central Board of Irrigation & Power,

Malcha Marg, New Delhi.

L-R - Mr. C.S. Malik, Director, CBIP, Dr. S.N. Misra, Former Director, and Mr.

Kulshrestha Former, Chaiman, Nepal Elecy. Authority, Mr. S. Victor, Chairman,

CIGRE NSC B3 and Mr. P.P. wahi, Director, CIGRE India / CBIP

Future Events Planned by CIGRE India

S.N Name of event Date

1. Workshop on Battery & Transformers – with Megger

2-3 July 2014, New Delhi

2. Pre - CIGRE Session 2014 - Conference on Development of Power Sector at International

Level

17-18 July, 2014, New Delhi

3. Cable Fault location & Test Diagnosis – with Megger

24-25 Sept. 2014, New Delhi

4. Conference Rotating Machine 11-12 Sept. 2014, New Delhi

5. 6th National Conference on Earthing Systems 18-19 Sept, 2014, New Delhi

6. Workshop on Transformers Oil Sept – Oct 2014, New Delhi

7. National Conference on HVDC System in India 9-10 Oct, 2014, New Delhi

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8. National Conference on Best Practices for Power Distribution in India

24-25 Oct., 2014, New Delhi

9. Conference on Circuit Breaker & Protection Testing with Megger

5-6 Nov, 2014, New Delhi

10. Conference on Latest Developments in Energy Metering

13-14 Nov., 2014, New Delhi

11. Conference on Generation from Renewable Sources and Grid Connectivity – Issues &

Challenges

20-21 Nov., 2014, New Delhi

12. National Conclave on Latest Trends and Technological Developments in Switchgear

Technology

15-16 Jan., 2015, New Delhi

In addition CIGRE- India is extending invitation to all CIGRE Study Committee to hold their future meetings and meeting of the working groups in India. CIGRE HQ has already awarded the event mentioned below:

Publication of half yearly CIGRE India Journal:

To increase the activities and membership CIGRE India has taken the initiative to publish its Journal initially with the frequency of six months. The issues of the Journal up to Dec. 2013 have already been published and the next Issue July 2014 is under print. The CIGRE-India journal contains details about the activities of the association, technical articles, and data and is circulated to its members within the country. The journal serves an excellent purpose of disseminating the technological, innovative developments etc. amongst the concerned organizations of the energy sector, which are taking place at the national and international level. The journal is available both in print and online versions.

4 CIGRE SC B4 HVDC meeting and Colloquium 21-26 Sept 2015 Agra, India

6 CIGRE SC B1 on EHV Insulated Cables Jan. 2017 New Delhi

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Japan

JNC Structure

Equipment

A1 Rotating Electrical Machines

Hisakazu Matsumoto

A2 Transformers

Makoto Kadowaki

A3 High Voltage Equipment

Haruhiko Koyama

Sub-System B1 Insulated Cables

Hideo Tanaka

B2 Overhead Lzines

Kazuki Terashima

B3 Substations

Koji Kawakita

B4 HVDC and Power Electronics

Yoshinori Makino

B5 Protection and Automation

Shinichi Suganuma

System

C1 System Development and Economics

Naoto Fujioka

C2 System Operation and Control

Motohiro Mikawa

C3 System Environmental Performance

Tadashi Negishi

C4 System Technical Performance

Takatoshi Shindo

C5 Electricity Markets and Regulation

Hiroshi Asano

C6 Distribution Systems and Dispersed

Generation

Yasuhiro Hayashi Fundamental Technique D1 Materials and Emerging Test Techniques

Naohiro Hozumi

D2 Information Systems and Telecommunication

Kazuhito Iwasaki

National Panel

General Assembly

Administrative council

Steering Committee

Chair : Akihiko Yokoyama

Vice Chair: Yoshihiro Doi

: Yoshiaki Nakatani Secretary: Shinta Fukui

: Makoto Hirose : Hiroshi Imagawa : Masashi Kitayama : Akiji Matsuda : Kyoichi Uehara

Japanese Technical Committee

Collective members(I)

Affiliate members

Collective members(II)

Honorable members

Individual members

Young members

＜Members＞

Auditor : Kenichi Suzuki

Adviser : Yasuji Sekine

Adviser : Ichiro Tai

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Membership of JNC

307 313 318

385 409

602 649

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Table 1. Membership as of July 2013

Year Collective

Members(I) Collective

Members(II) Individual Members

Young Members

Honorary Members

Equivalent Number

2013 47 9 411 58 2 751

Contact

Address : c/o The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan

Homat Horizon Bldg.8FL., 6-2 Gobancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

102-0076, Japan

Tel : +81- 70 – 5465 - 1473

Fax : +81 – 3 – 5841 – 6065

Email : cigre@syl.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp

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Country Profile

Capital Tokyo (N35.41, E139.46)

Official

Language Japanese

Ethnic

Groups Japanese (99%)

Area 378,000 km2

Population 127 Million as of 1st/Jul./2013

GDP (real) 519 Trillion Yen (2012 FY)

Geographica

l information

Japan is an archipelago of no more than 7,000. And the total

coastline extends to 30,000 km.

It is narrow country filled with mountains and forest covers 66% of

the national land.

Japan is located within the Pacific Ring of Fire. It is sometimes hit by

devastating earthquakes, tsunamis, typhoons and volcanic disasters.

Geography

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Fig. 1 The advent of electric light (Tokyo, 1882)

Fig. 2 The first power station

Fig. 3 Asakusa thermal power plant

Power System Profile

Electricity before advent of JNC

In 1882, a landmark

event for the

electricity market

took place. In

Ginza, Tokyo, the

first electric street

lighting was turned

on (Fig.1).

Considering that Thomas Edison

had only founded the Edison

Illuminating Company in New

York in the same year,

modernization in Japan was

very rapid. At that time, gas

lamps were commonly used for

street lighting, and nobody

expected electric lamps to ever

replace them. All the same,

many people came to wonder

at these new fantastic lights in

Ginza.

Then, the Tokyo Electric Light

Company was founded and the

first delivery of electricity

occurred in 1887.

Small 25-kW direct-current

generators provided the

electrical power, which were

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Fig. 5 Municipal electric railway

Fig. 4 Keage hydro power plant

only capable of delivering electricity within a range of roughly 2 km. Power stations

had to be built within the vicinity of consumers. Five small power plants, called

lighting station at that time, were located within the current heart of Tokyo. The first

lighting station provided electricity to the Imperial palace (Fig.2).

But as the demand kept rising, there came some problems. One of them was an

environmental issue. Because the prime-mover was energized by coal, the soot and

sound from the station in mid-Tokyo became an issue. In, several years, larger

alternate-current generators were developed, which are suitable for long-distance

power delivery. Consequently, power stations with larger capacities were instigated.

The Asakusa thermal power plant was founded in 1895 (Fig.3). The chimney

measured 61 m with seismic design. The area was then remote from city centers.

The alternator used was made in Germany and it was the origin of the 50-Hz

frequency presently used in eastern

Japan. However, the Osaka Electric

Light Company founded in 1889 had

already introduced alternators and

started to use American alternators in

1889, which was the beginning of the

60-Hz frequency presently used in

western Japan. These are the reasons

Japan has both 50 and 60 Hz even

now.

In 1890, the electricity was used to

energize motors for the first time. An

elevator for 12 story building was

installed and it was a year after the

Eiffel Tower was competed for Paris

Exposition. In the same year, an

electrical train ran for exhibition in

Tokyo.

In 1891, the first commercial hydro

power station started operation in

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Fig. 6 The first CIGRE general assembly in Paris (1921)

Keage, Kyoto, the ancient capital, with two of 80 kW generators (Fig.4).

Fig. 6 The first CIGRE general assembly in Paris (1921)

Then the plant supplied electricity to all of the City of Kyoto and in the municipal

tram also used (Fig.5). In 1895, the first electrical railway started commercial

operation in Kyoto, the ancient capital. and the trains were energized by electricity

supplied from Keage hydro power plant. The power plant is still active with 4,500

kW output.

In 1914, Inawashiro hydro power, in Fukushima started operation and transmitted

37,500kW to Tokyo with 224km transmission line. In the same year, Tokyo station

was build and the railway between Tokyo and Yokohama started operation.

By 1921, the rate of electrification in the city of Tokyo neared 100% and electrical

lighting was common. And we were capable of manufacturing most of the electrical

equipment.

CIGRE was founded in 1921 and the first general assembly was held in Paris. From

Japan, three representatives, Mr. M. Shibusawa, H. Oana, and T. Nishi attended the

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meeting and this was the origin of CIGRE activity in Japan (Fig.6). Only the US and

Japan sent the delegates to the general assembly except for countries within

Europe. Visiting abroad in that period was not common and the purpose of the

attendance was mostly to get useful information from CIGRE with very little or no

contribution from Japan. Sort of Japanese National Committee might have existed at

the time but unfortunately no record has been preserved. The record of CIGRE

activities in Japan originates after the World War II.

After the war, Japan saw the importance of international collaboration, and

contacted the CIGRE Central Office in 1952. This turned out to be the main

motivating force for forming the Japanese National Committee of CIGRE. The

Japanese National Committee (JNC) was officially established in October 1953. They

sent eight delegates to the 15th CIGRE session in May 1954. It was the first session

attended by the Japanese after the war.

Since JNC was established, Japan has been changing its standpoint. Although our

CIGRE activity started with fully dependent manner, we have experienced

engineering innovation. Our technical contribution is reported in the History of

CIGRE National Committees version. The number of accepted papers counted 30,

the first prize within all the countries.

Prof. Yasuji Sekine who was called ―Young boy,‖ later served as Treasurer and the

first AORC Chair. Hiroki Ito, the former regular member of SC A3 assumed Chair of

SC A3. Both of them are the first Asian assumed the positions.

Hideki Motoyama of SC C4 now serves as the secretary of SC C4. And JNC currently

hold two honorary members.

In 2010, Mr. Shosuke Mori served as the Keynote Speaker for the General Assembly.

―Initiatives and Perspectives by the Power Industry towards a Low Carbon Emission

Society.‖ was the topic. And in 2012, Prof. Akihiko Yokoyama was invited to be a

panelist on the opening panel. The theme was ―The Role of Electricity System in

Reducing Energy's Environmental Footprint.‖

Japan will continuously support CIGRE in technical and also administrative manner.

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Highlight activities of JNC as the AORC members

Prof. Y. Sekine was the first Asian to serve as member of the CIGRE‘s Executive

Committee as well as Treasurer (1996-2000). In his term, Many developing countries

faced financial difficulties to participate in the Paris session and other various

activities of CIGRE in spite of strong need to build up strong power system in their

home countries. . Although CIGRE provides prestigious technical information,

attending general assembly is not easy to those living in developing countries. India,

one of the largest countries in the world, in the Administrative Council meeting,

expressed its concern that some members of CIGRE may withdraw their membership

to establish a regional conference where they can meet more easily. As an EC

member, Prof. Sekine proposed the idea of regional council of CIGRE and the idea of

―region‖ was incorporated into CIGRE‘s master plan. In the same year, a preliminary

meeting to establish the AORC was held under his leadership and the Asia-Oceania

Regional Council of CIGRE was officially approved by the central office in 2001,

which is the first of all other regional councils.

Since the AORC foundation, Japan has been attending all the AORC meetings. Since

2010, Japan has been chairing the AORC Task Force to activate CIGRE in AORC

countries.

Recent activities of JNC as the AORC members

AORC meeting in Tokyo 2014

Time: May 26th -29th 2014

Venue: Tokyo, Japan

Event: AORC Technical meeting / AORC meeting / AORC Administrative Council

meeting / Technical Tour

Attendees: 210 delegates from 22 countries and regions

Time: May 27th 2014 Event: AORC meeting Opening

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AORC meeting Opening Session

Time: May 27th 2014 Event: Administrative Council meeting

Attendees: 26 members from 9 countries and regions

Administrative Council meeting in Tokyo

(Center: Chairman Dr. Norkun SITTHIPHONG from Thailand

Near side: CIGRE C/O Secretary General Mr. Philippe Adam)

New Secretary General of CIGRE, Philippe Adam attended this Administrative Council

meeting in Tokyo.

Time: May 27th - 28th 2014 Event: Technical meeting and Poster Session

82 papers were submitted to this AORC-Technical meeting in Tokyo, 2014. The broad range topics with the theme of "Interconnections and Connecting New Power Sources to the Grid" were discussed among SC B1, B2, B4, C4, and C5.

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Poster Session

Appendix 1 JNC Chairman from first generation to 12nd generation

1st Yasuke Anzo 2nd Ryotaro Takai 3rd Buzaemon Sindo 4th Naohei Yamada

1953～1962 1963～1969 1970～1978 1979～1986

5th Yasuji Sekine 6th Tsuneo Mitsui 7th Tadao Amakasu 8th Masaki Shiga

1987～1996 1997 1998～2000 2001～2002

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9th Takashi Kawamura 10th Takashi Hayashi 11th Ichiro Tai 12nd Akihiko Yokoyama

2003～2004 2005～2008 2009～2013 2014～

Appendix 2 Contributions to CIGRE (2010-2014)

Attendees for CIGRE EVENTS

Year Events Number of

Participants

Number of

Accepted

Papers

2010 AORC Meetings in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia 12 2

2010 AORC Meetings in Paris 1

2010 AORC Panel B1 in Daejeon-Gwangyeoksi, Korea 1 -

2010 43th CIGRE SESSION 161 28

2010 SC meetings, WGs and other meetings 335 -

2011 AORC Meetings in Chiang Mai, Thailand 10 7

2011 AORC Panel B1 in Shanghai, China 3

2011 SC meetings, WGs and other meetings 433 -

2012 AORC Meetings in Selangor, Malaysia 2 1

2012 AORC Meetings in Paris 2 -

2012 44th CIGRE SESSION 176 30

2012 SC meetings, WGs and other meetings 321 -

2013 AORC Panel B1 in New Delhi, India 3

2014 AORC Meeting in Tokyo, Japan 78 28

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Appendix 3 SC, WG meetings in Japan within 3 years

Year SC, WG Dates Venue Theme

2010 C4.208 1/11-14 Kyoto EMC in HV Substations and Generating Stations

2010 B1.32 11/17-18 Tokyo Recommendations for testing HVDC extruded cable systems for power transmission at a rated voltage up to 500 kV

2010 SC B3 11/16-18 Tokyo Advisory Meeting (SAG/CAG/TAG)

2010 C1.19 11/24-25 Hakodate Green field network, designing future networks ignoring existing constraints

2011 C4.407 6/14 Sapporo Lightning Parameters for Engineering Applications

2011 C4.409 6/17 Sapporo Lightning Protection of Wind Turbine Blades

2011 C4.410 6/17 Sapporo Lightning Striking Characteristics for Very High Structures

2011 B3.29 7/21-22 Tokyo Field tests technology on UHV substation construction and operation

2012 C4.306 2/2-3 Tokyo Insulation Coordination for UHV AC Systems

2012 A3.27 4/18-19 Tokyo The Impact of the Application of Vacuum Switchgear at Transmission Voltage

2012 B1.31 6/5-6 Tokyo RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TESTING OF SUPERCONDUCTING CABLES

2013 A3.28 2/26-28 Tokyo Switching Phenomena for UHV & EHV Equipment

2013 B3.31 4/7-11 Nagoya Air Insulated Substations Design for Severe Climate Condition

2013 B3.32 4/7-11 Nagoya Saving through Optimized Maintenance in AIS Substatetions

2013 B1.43 6/11-12 Tokyo Recommendations for mechanical testing of submarine cables

2013 C6.21 10/10 Yokohama Smart Metering – state of the art,

regulation, standards and future requirements

2013 C6.22 10/8 Yokohama Microgrids

2013 C3.01 10/14 Nara EMF and Health

2013 C3.09 10/14 Nara Corridor management

2013 C3.12 10/14 Nara Methodologies for Greenhouse gas inventory and reporting for T&D utilities

2013 C4.30 10/14 Nara EMC in Wind Generation Systems

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Appendix 4 Report of JNC which received the rewards

List of Honorary Members

Name Year

Yasuji Sekine 2000

Takashi Hayashi 2008

List of Distinguished Members

Name Year Name Year

Shoichi Saba 1996 Shosuke Mori 2008

Iwao Miyachi 1996 Teruyoshi Mizutani 2008

Masayuki Ieda 1996 Yukinori Ichida 2010

Sakuro Tsurumi 1998 Tsutomu Watanabe 2010

Yasuji Sekine 1998 Haruhito Taniguchi 2010

Tatsuo Kawamura 1998 Masaru Ishii 2010

Yuzo Ozaki 1998 Hiroshi Suzuki 2010

Akihiro Ametani 2000 Sadao Fukushima 2010

Katsuhiko Naito 2000 Masayuki Nagao 2012

Tsuneyoshi Takasuna 2002 Hitoshi Okubo 2012

Yoshihide Hase 2002 Naoki Amano 2012

Misao Kobayashi 2002 Toshiaki Yoshizumi 2012

Taizo Sato 2002 Yoshio Kawazu 2012

Junichi Toyoda 2004 Hiromichi Ito 2012

Eiichi Tamaki 2004 Masanori Matsuura 2012

Shunichi Ito 2004 Kiyoshi Goto 2014

Kazuhiro Takahashi 2004 Takashi Kawamura 2014

Makoto Tari 2004 Yutaka Kokai 2014

Shinichi Iwamoto 2006 Makoto Yagi 2014

Toshikatsu Tanaka 2006 Masaaki Shiga 2014

Teruo Fukuda 2006 Masanao Egawa 2014

Nobuo Fukushima 2006 Masakazu Kato 2014

Tadao Amakasu 2006 Tokio Yamagiwa 2014

Tsuneo Mitsui 2006

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List of Technical Committee Awardees

Name SC Year Name SC Year

Takashi Hayashi 38 1994 Akihiro Ametani C4 2007

Masayuki Ieda 15 1995 Susumu Sakuma B1 2007

Zensuke Iwata 21 1995 Yukichi Sakamoto B2 2008

Shunichi Ito 23 1995 Koji Kawakita B3 2008

Yuji Kubota 22 1997 Yukiyasu Shirasaka A2 2008

Kazuhiro Takahashi 37 1997 Takeshi Yokota B3 2009

Katsuhiko Naito 33 1999 Hitoshi Okubo D1 2009

Toshikatsu Tanaka 15 2000 Masayuki Yamasaki D2 2009

Makoto Tari 11 2002 Yoshifumi Yamagata A3 2010

Hiroki Ito A3 2004 Masahiro Takasaki B4 2010

Masayuki Nagao D1 2005 Hiromichi Ito A1 2011

Makoto Yagi C1 2006 Akira Okada B3 2012

Masaru Ishii C4 2006 Hiroyuki Hama D1 2014

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Korea

KNC (Korea)

Introduction of CIGRE KNC

CIGRE Korea National Committee was established in 1979 and was admitted by

CIGRE Head Office. During last 30 years for the development of Korean electric

power industry and heavy industries, CIGRE KNC has played an important role to

bridge global leading technologies, to construct national study committees for the

technical exchange and cooperation among experts and the expansion of export

markets.

In 2013, CIGRE KNC has 242 individual members and 28 collective membersfrom the

utility, industrial companies, research institutes and universities in the Korean electric

power industrial field.And it has the technology and business network with expert

groups from 92 countries.

CIGRE KNC has been giving the answer to anyone who needs global trends of

electrical power technology and industry about R&D trends and knowledge

&experiences for on-site power grids. Also, not only regular members and observer

members but working group members in 16 study committees do their best forthese

activities.

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Section 1 : KNC Office

- Chart structure of KNC

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CIGRE Korea National Committee was established in 1979 and was admitted by

CIGRE Head Office. During last 30 years for the development of Korean electric

power industry and heavy industries, GIGRE KNC has played an important role to

bridge global leading technologies, to construct national study committees for the

technical exchange and cooperation among experts and the expansion of export

markets.

The attached chart shows the organization structure of KNC.Currently, CIGRE KNC

Organization is composed of KNC Chairman and five Vice Chairman with Advisory

council, Executive Committee, AORC Delegateand divided into two parts; General

Secretary and Technical Committee. Particularly, KNC Study Committee is separated

into nine detail research fields for the Effective Operation.

Title Name Affiliation

Chairman KOO, Ja-Yoon Hanyang University

Vice Chairman

KOO, Bon-Woo KEPCO

PARK, Kyeong-Yop KERI

LEE, Jae-Kwang Kwangmyung Electric Co.

LEE, Hahk-Sung LSIS

HAN, Seong-Jin Dongah University

General Secretary KIM, Jeong-Tae Daejin University

TC Chairman WON, Young-Jin KEPCO

AORC Delegate JANG, Gil-Soo Korea University

< 2013 CIGRE KNC Organization Member >

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Table / Graph slows growth of KNC-CIGRE members

In 2008, CIGRE KNC had 132 individual members and 17 collective members from

the utility, industrial companies, research institutes and universities in the Korean

electric power industrial field. The number of individual members in 2009 and 2010

had not been much different from other years, but it has significantly increased from

2011. On the other hand, that of collective members has increased by one person

every year since 2008, only except for 2011. Unusually in 2011, it surged by 20 to

27. Finally, compared to the figure of individual members, similar trend is observable

in the figure of Equivalent members.

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Table about KNC office

KNC Address 3F KOEMA Building, 10-3 Bangbae-ro 10 Gil, Seo-Cho-gu,Seoul, Korea, 137-849

Telephone +82-2-522-4807

Fax +82-2-523-4807

E-mail master@cigre-korea.org

Purpose

The purpose of this committee, as a member of CIGRE

headquarters, is to promote the implementation of rights and

obligations and to contribute the promotion of the power industry

to an increase in public interest through CIGRE activities.

Section 2 : Country Profile

Republic of KOREA

Capital Seoul (37°35′N127°0′E / 37.583°N 127°E)

Official

Language Korean

Ethnic groups Korean (99%)

Area Total : 100,210 km2 (109th)

Water (%) : 0.3

Population

2012 estimate : 50,004,441 (25th)

Density : 491/km2 (21st)

GDP 2013 estimate :1.687 trillion (15th)

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Geography

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Section 3 : Power System Profile

1898 : First Official Public Lighting

Korea‘s first electric lamp was switched on at Geoncheong-gung, Gyeongbok

Palace, in March, 1887.

1898 : Foundation of the Han-sung

Electric Company

The Hansung Electric Company,

KEPCO‘s predecessor, was established

by Emperor Gojong following input from

American expert Colbran.

1899 : Streetcar Trials

A streetcar test-run took place on May

4, 1899, and many passengers began

using the service when it commenced

on May 20 that year.

1900 : First Private Lighting

Korea‘s first street lighting was switched on April 4, 1900.

1930 ~ 1945 : Large Scale

Hydroelectric Power Plants

A total of 21 hydroelectric power

plants(a total generation capacity of

about 1,600 MW)were constructed in

the northern regions of Koreafrom 1930

to 1945.

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1948 : The First Blackout (14th

May)

With power generation cut-off by North

Korea in 1948, Electra, a power

generating vessel at Incheon Harbor,

and the Dangin-ri Thermal Power Plant

started producing electricity for South

Korea.

1961 : Foundation of KEPCO

The Korea Electric Power Corporation was founded in 1961 and started unlimited

transmission of electricity in 1964.

1964 : Start of Electrification Work

The limited transmission in existence

since North Korea‘s blackout was lifted,

and rural electrification work

commenced in 1964.

1978 : First Nuclear Power Plant

A Pressurization light-water type Gori nuclear powerplant was completed in

GyeongNam province on April 10, 1978.

1996 : Nuclear Power Project in

North Korea

KEPCO was a prime contractor in the

establishment of a project to develop

two light-water reactors in May, 1996.

However, in October, 2002, all projects

were suspended completely. KEPCO

won the bidding for the world‘s largest

nuclear power project in the United

Arab Emirates in December, 2009.

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KEPCO’s High Voltage Testing Center at Gochang

In order to meet the power demand ascribed to the rapid national economic growth

exceeding annually 10% throughout the 1980s, the establishment of any large capacity

transmission network based on novel technology has been required to transmit the electric

power from the remote generation plants to heavily demanding regions. Consequently,

Vertically Arranged Double Line 765kV Transmission method was realized for the first time

in the world to replace the existing 345kV transmission network. For the experimental

investigation in commercial scale, KEPCO established high voltage testing center at

Gochang where relevant test facilities were installed since 1989. And now, it is becoming a

world-renowned testing center for the technology development required in the fields of

distribution, transmission and renewable energy.

The main equipment is as follow: 765kV AC, ±500kV HVDC testing line, Test site for

underground transmission and distribution power cables, Vibration of overhead line test

facility, 4MV Impulse Voltage and 65kA Impulse Current source, 3000A AC test facility,

Electrical environment simulation test facility, Outdoor transmission line insulators,

Lightning inducing steel tower, Power quality test facility, Magnetic field test facility, and

Public Information Center for understanding EMF disturbance.

This center provides an important test bed for the R&D program sponsored by KEPCO,

power industries and government. In addition, various international and domestic

conferences and training workshops are held exchanging and sharing the current and novel

technologies and experiences. Enormous efforts would be put forward to be qualified as an

internationally authorized certification organization in the field of power business. Based on

these activities, this center can play another significant role to improve the relevant cutting

edge next generation power technologies required for realizing Smart Grid within next two

decades.

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[ KEPCO’s Power Testing Center ]

< 2009 CIGRE SC B2 Technical Visit to Gochang Center(Oct. 18~24, 2009) >

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Section 4 : Activities as a member of AORC-CIGRE

1. Highlight activities of KNC (Prior, Present and Up-coming)

(1) 2002 AORC Administrative and Technical Meeting

Date : May 9, 2002

Venue : Marronnier Hall in Hoam Faculty House, Seoul, Korea

Attendees : 54 persons (Australia, Japan, Malaysia and Korea)

Subject Title Speaker

Invited Presentation

by KNC

The status of restructuring of power sector and its issues in Korea

Dr. Rimtaig LEE, Korea

Introduction of surveillance systems for underground transmission lines in Korea

Mr. Soon-Chul HWANG, Korea

Modern Technique 1

Development of Intelligent GIS Mr. Won-Pyo Song, Korea

A Low Sag Aluminum Conductor Carbon Fiber Reinforced

Tohoku electric Power Co., Japan

Introduction of Korea‘s 765kV System Development

Dr. Dong-il Lee, Korea

The Development of Ampacity Upgrade Conductor with Low Loss and Low Sag

Dr. Byung-Gul KIM, Korea

Modern Technique 2

Identification of Transformer Internal Fault based on Demper-shafer Fuzzy Decision Making

Prof. Seung-Jae Lee, Korea

The Analysis of Fault and Relay Operation in KEPCO

Mr. Ho-Pyo KIM, Korea

Principal of matrix Operation Type Protection Relays

Mrs. Xiaofei Zuo and Mr. Kuribayashi, Japan

Isolation and Restoration Policies against Power System Collapse

Mr. Takeuchi, Japan

Protective Relay System Maintenance Experiences and Requirements for Future

Prof. Il–Dong KIM, Korea

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< 2002 AORC AM & TM (May 9, 2002) >

< 2002 AORC Administrative Meeting (May 9, 2002) >

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(2) 2010 AORC Panel B1 Meeting

Date : June 23~24, 2010

Venue : Hotel Respia in Daejeon, Korea

Attendees : 30 persons (Australia, China, Japan, Singapore, Thailand and

Korea)

Subject Title Speaker

SC B1 Issues

● Message from the Chairman SC B1

● Review of the SC B1 meeting in Poznan

● Review of WG reports, CAG, Tutorials,

● Paris meeting update

Mr. Ken Barber, Australia

Mr. Pierre Argaut, France

Mr. Shoshi KATAKAI, Japan

Technical Contribution

from

Countries

Electrical Degradations and Ageing of XLPE Prof. Xiaolong CAO, China

EHV projects in Japan Mr. Shinichi TSUCHIYA, Japan

Degassing of XLPE cables Mr. Churdpong MANEESIN, Thailand

PD monitoring Mr. Gao WEN, China

Long length AC cable Mr. Kenneth BARBER, Australia

Test Yard Construction for EHV Underground Cable & R&D Direction of Future

Mr. Ji-Won Kang

Introduction of Submarine Cable (AC & DC) in KOREA

Mr. Seong-Ik JEON, Korea

Tutorials About SC B1 Insulated Cables Mr. Pierre Argaut, France

Technical

Tour KEPCO‘s Gochang Power Testing Center Dr. Dong-Il Lee, Korea

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< 2010 AORC Panel B1 Meeting (June 23~24, 2010) >

2. Contributions to CIGRE (in the past 3-year)

(1) CIGRE Meetings in Korea

● 2009 CIGRE SC B2 Korea Meeting & 765kV Technical Colloquium

Date & Place : 18th ~ 24th Oct. 2009, Seoul and Gyeongju, Korea

Participants : 270 persons (31 countries)

Meetings : SC B2 Administrative Meetings

16 Working Group Meetings

Tutorial on increasing capacities of OHL & Tower

765kV Technology Colloquium (13 presentations)

Technical Visits : 765kV Sinanseong substation, Hyundai Heavy Industries

Co., and Gochang Power Testing Center of KEPCO

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< 2009 CIGRE SC B2 Korea Technical Meeting (Oct. 18~24, 2009) >

< 2009 CIGRE SC B2 765kV Technical Colloquium (Oct. 18~24, 2009) >

● 2009 CIGRE SC B5 Annual Meeting and Colloquium

Date & Place : 19th ~ 24th Oct. 2009, Lotte Hotel Jeju, Korea

Participants : 167 persons (27 countries)

Meetings : SC B5 Administrative Meetings

Colloquium (48 papers)

8 Working Group Meetings

4 Advisory Group Meetings & Others

Tutorial on Experience in the protection of multi-circuit & multi-

terminal lines and power transformers

Technical Visits : Hankyung Wind Farm, HVDC Converter Station, and Jeju

Thermal Power Plant of KEPCO

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< 2009 CIGRE SC B5 Annual Meeting and Colloquium (Oct. 19~24, 2009) >

< 2009 CIGRE SC B5 Annual Meeting and Colloquium (Oct. 19~24, 2009) >

● 2011 CIGRE Administrative Council Meeting

Date & Place : 14th ~ 16th June. 2011, Lotte Hotel, Seoul, Korea

Participants : 62 persons (34 countries) includingCIGRE President (Mr. A.

Merlin), Secretary General(Mr. F. Meslier), TCChairman (Prof.

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K. Fröhlich),AORC Chairperson (Dr. Ruomei Li)63 persons from

Korea

Meetings : Steering Committee meeting, Administrative Council Meeting,

Korea

Day Presentations

Technical Visit & Tour : Sihwa-Tidal Power Plant, Korean Folk Village

< 2011 CIGRE Administrative Council Meeting (June 15, 2011) >

< 2011 CIGRE AC Meeting Technical Visit (June 17, 2011) >

(2) Activity in CIGRE General Session

● 2010 43rd General Session

Number of Korean Papers : 13 papers

Number of Korean Participants : 83 persons

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● 2012 44th General Session

Number of Korean Papers : 13 papers

Number of Korean Participants : 94 persons

The attached chart shows Activities of KNC in CIGRE General Session including

number of Korean Papers and Participants. According to the graph, the number of

Korean Participants has generally increased so far and from the mid-2000s, it‘s been

steadily over 60. In recent years, more than 80 Korean participants have participated

in CIGRE General Session. In addition, over 11 Korean Papers have been submitted

constantly in CIGRE General Session since 2004. Especially, the largest number of

Korean papers (15 papers) was submitted in 2006.

● SC Korean members

SC Member Nominated Year Name Affiliation E-mail

A1

RM 2010 Do-Hyun KANG KERI dhkang@keri.re.kr

RRM 2004 Yong-Joo KIM KERI yjkim@keri.re.kr

RRM 1998 Kyu-Bok CHO Hanseo Univ. -

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SC Member Nominated Year Name Affiliation E-mail

A2

OM 2010 Bok-Yeol SEOK Hyundai. Co. bokyeol@hhi.co.kr

ROM 2006 In-Su HWANG Hyundai. Co. ishwang@hhi.co.kr

A3

RM 2008 Jung-Bae KIM Hyosung hico-jbkim@hyosung.com

RRM 2002 Kyung-Yup PARK KERI kypark@keri.re.kr

B1

RM 2008 Seung-Ik JEON LS Cable sijeon@lscable.com

RRM 2000 Jeong-Tae KIM Daejin Univ. jtkim@daejin.ac.kr

RRM 1992 Ja-Yoon KOO Hanyang Univ. koojy@hanyang.ac.kr

B2

RM 2012 Chan-Hyeong PARK KEPRI parkchy@kepco.co.kr

RRM 2006 Dong-Il LEE KEPRI dilee@kepri.re.kr

RRM 2000 Jeong-Boo KIM Joongboo Univ. jbkim@joongboo.ac.kr

B3

RM 2012 Jin-Ho KIM Hyosung kimjh@hyosung.com

ROM 2006 Won-Pyo SONG Hyosung wpsong@hyosung.com

B4

RM 2012 Bong-Soo MOON KEPCO moonbsoo@kepco.co.kr

RTM 2006 Tae-Kyoo OH KERI tkoh@keri.re.kr

B5

RM 2008 Seung-Jae LEE Myongji Univ. sjlee@mju.ac.kr

RRM 2002 Il-Dong KIM Doowon College idkim0623@daum.net

C1

RM 2010 Tae-Kyun KIM KEPRI tkkim@kepri.re.kr

RRM 2004 Jae-won CHANG KEPCO changj6@kepco.co.kr

RRM 1998 Tae-Ho JEONG KEPCO thjeong@kepco.co.kr

C2

RM 2012 Kang-Wook CHO KPX jokangu@kpx.or.kr

RRM 2010 Eung-Soo JUNG KPX jesoo@kpx.or.kr

RRM 2004 Joo-Cheon BAE KPX jcbae@kpx.or.kr

C3

RM 2012 Dong-Il LEE KEPRI dilee@kepri.re.kr

ROM 2006 Seong-Ho MYUNG KERI shmyung@keri.re.kr

C4

RM 2010 Jae-Young YOON KERI jyyoon@keri.re.kr

RRM 2004 Eung-Bo SHIM KEPRI ebshim@kepri.re.kr

C5

RM 2010 Sung-Soo KIM KP Univ. sskim@kpu.ac.kr

RRM 2006 Jong-Keun PARK Seoul Nat'l Univ. parkjk@snu.ac.kr

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SC Member Nominated Year Name Affiliation E-mail

C6

RM 2010 Bok-Nam HA KEPRI bnha@kepri.re.kr

RRM 2006 Bong-Soo MOON KEPCO moonbsoo@kepco.co.kr

D1

RM 2008 June-Ho LEE Hoseo Univ. leejh@hoseo.edu

RRM 2000 Ja-Yoon KOO Hanyang Univ. koojy@hanyang.ac.kr

D2

RM 2010 Jeong-Joon LEE LSIS. Co. jjlee@lsis.biz

RRM 2004 Myeong-Ho YU KEPCO yumho@kepco.co.kr

* RM : Regular Member, RRM : Retired Regular Member, OM : Observer Member, ROM : Retired Observer Member

Section 5 : Report of KNC which received the rewards

Year Reward Name / Affiliation

2007 Technical Committee Award [D1] Prof. Koo, Ja-Yoon / Hanyang

University

2008 Distinguished Member Prof. Koo, Ja-Yoon / Hanyang

University

2010 Technical Committee Award [B2] Lee, Dongil / KEPRI

2012

Distinguished Member Lee, Dongil / KEPRI

Distinguished Member Kim, Jeong-Tae / Daejin Univ.

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Malaysia

The Beginnings of MNC-CIGRE in Malaysia

Realising the indispensible need for the many ambitious engineers in Tenaga

Nasional Berhad (TNB, the sole electricity utility provider in West Malaysia) to seek,

share and exchange solutions as well as experience in matters related to the

electrical power industry on an international professional platform such as CIGRE,

the late Hj Ahmad Abid Abidin, the former Operation Senior General Manager of TNB

had mooted the idea of forming the Malaysian National Committee of CIGRE (MNC-

CIGRE) in 1994. Being the precursor, TNB took a leading role and hence formed a

protem committee in 1995 with an objective of carrying the roles with regards to

the forming of the MNC-CIGRE.

Road to Formation

By August 1995, CIGRE had a total subscriptions of 11 collective and 8 individual

Malaysian members. Therefore, with the support received from CIGRE Administrative

Council, formation of the protem committee was deemed as an appropriate prelude

to the formation of Malaysian National Committee of CIGRE (MNC-CIGRE) at that

time.

The task of forming the MNC-CIGRE was diligently performed by its Honorary

Secretary, Hj Ahmad bin Ali under the advising leadership of its Chairman, the late

Ahmad Abid Abidin himself, and Dato' Azmi Abdullah the Deputy Chairman, as well

as with assistance from its members

MNC-CIGRE Protem Committee Chairman Hj Ahmad Abid Abidin* Deputy Chairman Dato' Azmi Abdullah Honorary Secretary Hj Ahmad Ali Treasurer Oo Kim Seng Committee Member Zulkifli Ibrahim

Wong Siew Wah Ibrahim Abu Bakar Ahmad Jauhari Yahya Prof. Ahmad Fadhil Hani Prof. Hussien Ahmad Henry Foong Woo Chee Yan

Table 1 - MNC-CIGRE Protem Committee in 1995

*deceased

MALAYSIA

MNC

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The humble beginnings of MNC-CIGRE later has its history marked with the official

recognition letter from CIGRE Administrative Council dated 30th October 1995. MNC-

CIGRE then had its first inaugural meeting which was successfully held on November

2nd, 1995 at the TNB Head Quarters.

In December 1995, the relatively matured Australian National Committee of CIGRE

(ANC-CIGRE) through its Chairman, had invited the freshly appointed MNC-CIGRE

Committee to CIGRE Regional Meeting which was to be hosted by ANC-CIGRE and

to be held in Melbourne. The golden opportunity served as an impetus in gaining

experience and knowledge in the exertion of proceedings, administrative and the

financial structures of ANC-CIGRE; which was later similarly adapted in MNC-CIGRE.

The first MNC-CIGRE committee meeting was held on January 4th, 1996 and it was

attended by a total of 27 members from various participants of the electric supply

industries, education entities including TNB engineers. The formation of MNC-CIGRE

later became absolute with its Constitution and By-Law which was agreed upon,

approved and officially adapted in the following months.

During the first year of its constitution, MNC-CIGRE focused on impending

administrative works such as the execution of membership drives, registration of the

society, establishing and launching study groups, as well as preparations for

participation in CIGRE Regional Meetings and its Paris General Session.

First Biennial Paris General Meeting

The attendance to its first Biennial meeting, the 36th Paris Session in 1996 gave

MNC-CIGRE its proudest moment with the official announcement of Malaysia being

the 47th National Committee accepted by CIGRE Administrative Council.

Chairman of MNC-CIGRE

Being the proponent in the electrical power industry in Malaysia, traditionally the

Chairman's seat is filled by the highest ranked executive of TNB, that is the Chief

Executive Officer.

Aims & Objectives of MNC-CIGRE

The aims and objectives of MNC-CIGRE, among others are :-

To promote local credibility and competency of professionals involved in the

electricity supply industry (ESI) as the precursor to the national aspiration

in achieving its vision by 2020.

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To provide networking platform for professionals of the ESI in promoting,

exchanging and developing technical knowledge in high voltage electrical

systems at local and international levels.

To become an expert group from which assistance could be given in formulating

energy policies, standards and enhancement of infrastructure to the

electrification in Malaysia.

To provide direction for various group of ESI professionals in the country by

consolidating experts and encouraging research and studies with which results

are examined, debated, presented and published.

To promote national and international dialogue on large high voltage power

system by providing platform for technical proposals, opinions, formula towards

promoting or resolving related technical issues.

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Organisation Structure of MNC-CIGRE

Fig. 1 - Organisational chart of MNC-CIGRE

Auditor

MNC-CIGRE Executive Committee

MNC-CIGRE Technical

Committee

Honorary Secretary Treasurer 10 Members

16 Appointed National Conveners

MNC-CIGRE Technical Committee Chairman

MNC-CIGRE Regular Members

MNC-CIGRE Deputy Chairman

MNC-CIGRE Chairman (TNB VP Transmission)

MNC-CIGRE Advisor

(TNB Chief Executive Officer)

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History of Executive Committees

The followings are the list of the Executive Committees of the MNC-CIGRE:-

Year Chairman Dep. Chairman Hon. Secretary Treasurer 1996 -

1998

Ahmad Abid Abidin1

Mohd Yusof Ibrahim2

Dato' Azmi Abdullah Hj Ahmad Ali Oo Kim Seng3

Woo Chee Yan4

1998 - 2000

Dato' Fuad Jaafar Dato' Azmi Abdullah Hj Ahmad Ali Woo Chee Yan

2000 - 2002

Dato' Fuad Jaafar Dato' Azmi Abdullah Hj Ahmad Ali Woo Chee Yan

2002 - 2004

Dato' Fuad Jaafar5

*Dato' Pian Sukro6 Dato' Azmi Abdullah Hj Ahmad Ali Woo Chee Yan

2004 - 2006

Dato' Seri Che Khalib M. Noh Dato' Azmi Abdullah Dr A. Jaafar A. Hamid Gan Boon Hean

2006 - 2008

Dato' Seri Che Khalib M. Noh Dato' Azmi Abdullah Dr A.Jaafar A. Hamid Gan Boon Hean

2008 - 2010

Dato' Seri Che Khalib M. Noh Dato' Azmi Abdullah7

*Dr Sallehuddin Yusof8 Dr Mohd Ridzal Othman Ir. Sharifuddin M. Ali

2010 - 2012

Dato' Seri Che Khalib M. Noh Dato' Azmi Abdullah Dr Mohd Ridzal Othman Ir. Sharifuddin M. Ali

2012 - 2014

Dato' Seri Che Khalib M. Noh9

Dato' Ir Azman Mohd10 Dato' Azmi Abdullah Sabar Hashim Ir. Sharifuddin M. Ali

2014 - 2016

Datuk Rozimi Remeli Dato' Azmi Abdullah Dr Mohd Ridzal Othman Ir. Sharifuddin M. Ali

Note: 1(1996) ; 2(1996-1998); 3(1996-1997); 4(1997-1998); 5(2002-2003); 6(2003-2004); 7(2008-2009); 8(2009-2010); 9(2012); 10(2013)

*deceased

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MNC-CIGRE Current Office Bearer (2014-2016)

Dato' Azmi Abdullah

(A&Z Power Consult Sdn Bhd) MNC-CIGRE Deputy Chairman

Dr Mohd Ridzal Othman

(TNB)

Honorary Secretary

Datuk Rozimi Remeli (TNB VP Transmission)

MNC-CIGRE Chairman

Ir. Sharifuddin M. Ali

(Simpro Engineering Sdn Bhd)

Honorary Treasurer

Dr Ab Halim Abu Bakar

(University Malaya)

Technical Committee Chairman

Zainoren Shukri

(TNB)

Prof Zainal Abd Kadir

(Universiti Putra Malaysia)

Ir Aminuddin Musa

(TNB)

Zaharulnain Osrin

(APS Sdn Bhd)

Nasri Sidek (Alstom Grid)

Zainuddin M.Yusof

(TNB)

Gan Boon Hean

(HNG Capital Sdn Bhd)

Ir. Hj Husaini Husain

(TNB)

Dr Nadiah S Hudi

(TNB)

Committee Members

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MNC-CIGRE Membership Statistics

The followings shows the membership statistics for the MNC-CIGRE:-

Year Collective Member I

Collective Member II

Individual Member

Total

1996 12 3 24 39

1997 11 3 25 39

1998 13 3 36 52

1999 10 1 26 37

2000 13 3 35 51

2001 12 2 27 41

2002 11 2 25 38

2003 12 1 26 39

2004 9 2 21 32

2005 7 1 20 28

2006 9 1 34 44

2007 8 1 31 40

2008 9 2 34 45

2009 6 1 32 39

2010 7 0 27 34

2011 7 0 39 46

2012 7 0 43 50

2013 8 0 50 58

2014 7 0 106 113

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MNC-CIGRE Office

Tenaga Nasional Berhad Level 3, NLDC Building,

129, Jalan Bangsar, 59200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Tel: +603-2296 5566 Fax: +603-2282 3657

Email: mnc-cigre@gmail.com

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An Introduction : Malaysia

Fig. 2 - Flag and Coat of Arms of Malaysia

Malaysia is located in the South East Asia, just north of the Equator which covers a

landmass of 329,847 km2. It constitutes of West and East Malaysia. West Malaysia

covers from the tip of Malay Peninsula it shares with Thailand until the causeway

located at the north of Singapore; whereas East Malaysia is on the island of Borneo

separated from the peninsula by the South China Sea.

Fig. 3 - World Map showing location of Malaysia

The capital city is Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya, which is located approximately 70km

from the capital city, is the seat of the federal government. Formerly known as

Malaya, it later adopted the name "Malaysia" as an outcome of its federation in

1963. It has a population of 28 million and is ethnically comprised of Malays,

Chinese, Indians and other indigenous and ethno-linguistic groups. This makes

Malaysia a multi-ethnic, multicultural, and multilingual society.

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Earlier Electrification in Peninsular Malaysia

Introduction

Electrification in Peninsular Malaysia had started in earnest since the end of Second World War. The post-war rubber and tin boom posed a big challenge with the increasing demand for electricity.

The beginning of electrification started in 1894 when two enterprising individuals, Towkay Loke Yew and Thamboosamy Pillai installed an electric generator to operate tin mines in Rawang, Selangor. This later followed by first supply of street lightings for Rawang town in Selangor and railway electrifications in Kuala Lumpur. With gradual but minimal installation of electricity supply in Kuala Lumpur, it was later deemed necessary to light up Carcossa, the official residence of the Resident-General of the then occupying British Malaya government.

The Early Development

Later in the beginning of the 20th century, electrification in the peninsular marked its significance with the operation of its first generation plant, the Sempam Hydroelectric Power Station built by the Raub Australian Mining Company; then followed by the Gombak Lane Central Power Station.

As public electricity supplies spread

slowly in Malaya in the first two

decades of the 20th century, the

peninsula had then been half-lit,

lightning the streets of Kuala

Lumpur, lightning of residences of

the affluent, federal buildings and

hotels and also electrification of

tramways in Georgetown, Penang in

replacement of steam-powered

ships.

However, the electrification in the

early 20th century was limited to the

towns of Penang, Malacca,

Seremban, Johor Bahru, Kampar and

Bukit Mertajam.

Fig.4 - Sempam Hydroelectric Power Station

(above) and Gombak Lane Central Power Station (below) circa 1900s

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The first electrifications were merely powered by diesel engines driving several tens

to hundreds kilowatts of DC dynamos with loud reverberations. Later, the

transformation moves towards the generation of 3 phase AC electricity of 50Hz. As

electric demand grew from the increased mining activities, more small generating

plants emerged powering from various fuel including low grade coal, local wood,

charcoal and water.

In the earlier days, uniformity of supply was made through the standardisation of

transmission voltages ie.6.6kV, 22kV, 33kV and 66kV. Standards for domestic supply

were 240V for light and 416V for power.

Rural Electrification

After the independence in 1957, rural electrification was given priority to serve as a pathway to stimulate national development to eradicate poverty and elevate the standard of living of Malaysians in the rural areas.

It opened up opportunities for the nation to leverage on mechanisation and automation

to enhance scale plantation agriculture and agro-industries and made agriculture a key sector in Malaysia‘s economy even today.

Rural electrification programme that was carried out gained recognition by the World Bank and Malaysia became a rural electrification success story in the developing world.

Fig. 5 - Laying of submarine cables in 1920s

Fig.7 - Works on transmission wooden poles in the earlier

days

Fig.6 - The erection of 132kV transmission pole

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Industrialisation

Industrialisation programme in Malaysia was introduced primarily for developing import substitution industries. In the 1970s, the focus gradually shifted towards promoting labour intensive and export-oriented industries.

As the nation progressed, industrial development in Malaysia had taken on a more sophisticated dimension attracting industries that relied on high technology, knowledge-based, capital intensive and high value-added activities.

Malaysia‘s extensive electrical network serves as one of the major factors in attracting foreign investments into the country. It played a key role in ensuring stable and secure electricity supply and light the way forward for Malaysia‘s push towards industrialization.

Electricity infrastructure growth which has been regarded as indispensable to economic development now serves as the impetus and stimulus for greater growth and industrialisation in Malaysia.

Fig.9 - Malay Mail newspaper clippings in 1936

Fig.8 - View of a new 33kV transmission

line under construction in Serdang, 1935

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Overview of Malaysia's Electrical System

Peninsular Malaysia

The National Grid in Peninsular Malaysia consists of approximately 19,880 circuit-km

of overhead transmission lines, 891 circuit-km of underground transmission cables

and substations with transformation capacity of 91,895 MVA. As of June 2014, the

maximum electricity demand is 16,901 MW.

The National Grid is interconnected to Thailand‘s transmission system operated by

Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) in the North via a HVDC

Interconnection with a transmission capacity of ±300 MW and a 132 kV

asynchronous HVAC overhead line with maximum transmission capacity of 90 MW.

In the South, the National Grid is connected to Singapore Power‘s transmission

system at Senoko via two 230 kV submarine cables with a transmission capacity of

450 MW. The National Grid allows electricity generated at various power stations to

be transmitted to main intake substations located at load centers.

Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) is the sole owner of the transmission and distribution

assets and operations of the grid in Peninsular Malaysia. Electricity generation in

Peninsular Malaysia is wholly managed by TNB up until the year 1995, after which,

its monopoly in electricity generation ended with the introduction of five

Independent Power Producers (IPPs) supplying one third of the total electricity

connected to the National Grid.

In July 2014, the generation capacities by TNB and IPPs in Peninsular Malaysia are

10,815MW and 10,245MW, respectively; connected to the grid with a combined

installed capacity of 21,060MW. The peak demand is expected to increase up to

19,492MW and 20,699MW by year 2018 and 2020,respectively.

Green Energy

In support of Government‘s call for Renewable Energy (RE) in the energy mix, an aim is set to achieve 5.5% RE contribution by 2015. All new projects are ‗green‘ in the sense of employing the most advanced and eco-friendly technologies. In addition, a total of 448 RE Power Purchase Agreements (REPPAs) have been signed with RE developers in Peninsular Malaysia in August 2012, with a total capacity of 270MW. To meet the inevitably increased future peak demand, two new hydroelectric plants are being developed in Hulu Terengganu, Terengganu and Ulu Jelai, Pahang ; also a biomass plant in Jengka, Pahang and a coal-fired power plant in Manjung, Perak which employs supercritical boiler for minimal CO2 emissions. There are also developments, under the Rural Electrification Programme, of solar hybrid systems, several mini-hydros and biogas ventures.

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In 2012, mini-hydro Sungai Rek, Suria KLCC solar system and two biogas ventures called Cypark Suria Negeri Sembilan and Pajam have started operation. There is also a solar farm of 50MW, so far considered to be the largest ever to be implemented, to be built in Kedah.

Fig.10 - Peninsular Malaysia - National Grid.

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Sabah

Electricity business, maintenance and operations in Sabah and Federal Territory of Labuan were taken over by TNB through its 80%-owned subsidiary Sabah Electricity Sdn. Bhd. (SESB) in August 1998 as a result of a privatisation agreement with the Federal Government and Sabah Electricity Board. It is a vertically integrated utility providing generation, transmission and distribution services; including the implementation of the Rural Electrification Program, in the state of Sabah and the Federal Territory Labuan.

The Sabah Grid is made up of 66kV, 132kV and 275kV which links up all major towns in Sabah and Federal Territory of Labuan. As of March 2011 the total length of transmission line in Sabah is 3,263 km. The completion of transmission line backbone connecting Kolopis substation with Segaluid substation via a 246km, 275kV double circuit transmission line marked the formation of the state-wide Sabah Grid, linking the West Coast Grid and the East Coast Grid.

Fig.11 - Sabah Grid.

In 2013, there is a total of 35 power plants with an installed capacity of 1,569MW in

Sabah; 282MW of which by SESB and 1,287MW by the IPPs. Maximum electricity

demand in Sabah is recorded as 867MW in 2013.

In recent developments, a total of fourteen generation, transmission and distribution projects funded by the Ministry of Rural and Regional Development with a combined worth of RM1377 million (€275 million) are currently in progress.

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Sarawak

The Transmission Department of the Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB) as the Grid System Operator (GSO) owns and operates the Sarawak State Grid as well as carrying out power generation scheduling and dispatching. The Department is also the asset owner and Transmission Network Service Provider (TNSP) that is responsible for the maintenance and safe and efficient operation of the network. It is also responsible for the planning and development of the State Grid.

A main 500kV transmission system is being developed in stages, in coordination with more hydropower projects development. The 500kV transmission line serves as the backbone of Sarawak grid spanning over 500km length from Similajau in Bintulu to Tondong in Kuching. The current 275kV transmission network is also being expanded to tap the 500kV backbone and to connect the hydroelectric dams into the state grid system.

Fig.12 - Sarawak Grid.

Thermal and hydro generations are conducted by SEB through its several wholly owned subsidiaries.As at December 2010, the total installed thermal generation capacity exceeded 1,200MW, with five major power stations connected to the Sarawak State Grid and 19 isolated rural diesel and mini-hydro power stations.

In 2010, the Bintulu combined cycle plant with a combined capacity of 317MW was successfully commissioned. The Bintulu plant was registered with the United Nations under the Clean Development Management (CDM) scheme in September 2010. The CDM scheme is part of the Kyoto Protocol environmental agreement and aims to encourage sustainable development and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It is the first CDM plant in Malaysia.

SEB actively identifies small hydropower potential that could be developed in particular to support the rural electrification in nearby areas and undertake feasibility

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studies focusing not only primarily on the technical aspects of projects, but also broadened to include aspects such as power evacuation and transmission, land-use compensation, access roads, and political and social implications.

Batang Ai hydroelectic plant which was commissioned in 1984 and the newly completed (2011) Bakun hydroelectric plant are the only two plants in operation while Murum hydroelectic plant is still under construction. The Batang Ai plant recorded an average availability of 96.8 per cent and total energy generation of 524.68GWh in 2010.

Fig.13 - Aerial view of the Bakun Dam (source:bakundam.com)

Bakun Dam is located in Belaga, which is about 900km from the capital city of Kuching. It is a Concrete Faced Rockfill Dam (CFRD) and was completed in 2011. It has generating capacity of 2400MW. Erected at the height of 205m with a crest length of 814m, the Bakun Dam is the highest Concrete Faced Rockfill Dam (CFRD) in the world. With all its tributaries from Batang Balui River, the total catchment area from the Bakun Catchment (at the Upper Rajang Basin) is approximately 14750 km2. It also has a reservoir gross storage volume of about 44 billion cubic meter (BCM).

Fig.14 - Murum Dam (source:thenutgraph.com)

Murum Dam is also located in Belaga and it is a Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC) Dam with estimated capacity of 944MW. It is being constructed across Sg. Murum and the Murum Catchment has an approximate area of 2750 km2.

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The Evolution of Electrification

Era The Chronicles

Early

1900s

Commissioning of one of the first generating plants; the Gombak Lane steam power and 400kW Ulu Gombak auxiliary hydro-electric power stations. Electrifications were mostly powered by diesel engines.

1921-

1950s

Commissioning of Bangsar Power Station with continuous 24 hour supply.

Three major projects on tow: Connaught Bridge Power Station, Cameron Highlands (first large capacity) hydro-electric plant and development of first national grid network.

Construction of the first 11kV transmission line using chengal wooden poles (1921-1923)

Laying of the first 33kV submarine cable between Prai and Penang Island to replace power supply from an old plant (1923-1926) Refer to Fig. 5.

First form of central grid: 11kV overhead transmission line loop running 20km from east of Kuala Lumpur to the FMS Railway Workshops in Sentul and to several tin mines, a leposarium and the Forest Research Institute (1927-1930)

Fig.16 -View of the Gombak Lane power station in full steam with

the Jamek Mosque in the foreground.

Fig.15 - The Gombak Lane power station, Kuala Lumpur under

construction in 1909. Stood on the site of present City Hall.

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Era The Chronicles

1921-

1950s

First form of central grid: 11kV overhead transmission line loop running 20km from east of Kuala Lumpur to the FMS Railway Workshops in Sentul and to several tin mines, a leposarium and the Forest Research Institute (1927-1930)

The beginning of unified systems of electricity organisation and distribution for Peninsula (1941)

Enforcement of the southern loop: 22kV overhead transmission line from Seletar to Bukit Timah, between Seletar and Johor Bahru and 33kV overhead transmission line from Kajang to Seremban (1943)

First 132kV line connecting Tapah & Sungkai in Perak with the northern central system in Rawang. Also connection to the new Cameron Highlands station and link-up between Connaught Bridge station with the northern existing grids (1949)

66kV line connecting Seremban going southwards to Malacca; 66kV line connecting Chenderoh going northwards to Taiping and Prai (1949-1953)

1957 –

Late 1970s

First local manufacturing of transformers and rural electrification by mini-hydro projects.

Strengthening of the central area network with Connaught Bridge Power Station being the precursor of the energy grid. The national grid loop completed with the connection of the northern peninsula.

Commissioning of 300kV HVDC interconnection between Malaysia and Thailand (80MW initial transfer and 300MW transfer by 1995)

Commissioning of 230kV interconnection between Malaysia and Singapore via overhead transmission lines and underground cables.

Fig.17 - Erection of one of the earliest

transmission pole in Malaysia

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Era The Chronicles

1957 –

Late 1970s

A Grid Control Centre was set up at the Connaught Bridge Power Station to co-ordinate generation and control of the grid network of 66 kV to 132 kV. (1963) Refer to Fig. 18.

First Grid connection from the West Coast to the East Coast when both Kuantan and Pekan received electricity supply from the Grid. (1976)

The national grid is complemented with the completion of National Load Despatch Centre located at Bangsar . (1979)

First 275kV transmission line running in southern Malaysia (1970s)

1980s

The start of construction of the Kenyir hydro-electric plant. The 150 meter high dam and its works constituted the largest hydroelectric scheme constructed in the Peninsular and on the East coast then. (1980)

First 132kV connection to Hadyai, Thailand from Bukit Keteri, Kedah. (1981)

A total of 30 houses in Island of Langkawi, Kedah began receiving electricity supply from solar energy as pioneer projects. Similar projects were implemented in Ulu Tembeling, Pahang and Sibu Island, Sabah. (1982)

Under the aegis of ASEAN, Malaysia signed bilateral agreements with the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) and the Public Utilities Board (PUB) of Singapore for systematic and integrated connections between the countries. (1982)

The Paka Power Station began operations as one of the first combined cycle plants in operation in the world. (1984)

Enhancement of 275kV transmission line ring connecting the new Paka & Kenyir power stations to the national grid. Southerm arm ring extended from Kg Awah in Pahang to Kuala Lumpur and Kenyir via Kemaman and Paka. The northern arm ring extended from Tanah Merah in Kelantan to Kenyir reaching Prai and Temenggor. This enables the flexibility of supply. (1985-1986)

Fig.19 - Kenyir Power Station in 1987

Fig.18 - Grid Control Centre at Connaught

Bridge

Power

Station

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Era The Chronicles

1990s-

current

First Electricity PPA was signed by TNB with an Independent Power Producer (IPP). (1993)

TNB‘s monopoly in electricity generation sector ended with the establishment of five IPPs which supplied 30.99 per cent of electricity supply to the National Grid. (1995)

The first wind turbine generator hybrid system was installed and constructed in Layang-Layang Island, Sabah. (1995)

The Jana Landfill Small Renewable Energy Programme (SREP) Project commenced commercial operations. It is based on a Renewable Energy (RE) power purchase agreement (REPPA) signed in October 2001. (2004)

Completion of Phase 1 (and Phase 2) of the Rehabilitation Project of the Tuanku Jaafar Power Station in Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan. (2005, 2009)

Malaysia had its first electricity tariff rebalancing exercise in nine years since 1997. (2006)

Completion of the solar hybrid rural electrification project in the Island of Perhentian, Terengganu.(2007)

Completion of upgrading 66kV Kinta Valley network to a 132kV network. (2007)

The completion of East-West grid project in Sabah with the commissioning of the 246km of 275 kV lines from Kolopis to Segaluid- linking the West Coast Grid and the East Coast Grid. (2007)

The signing of HOA for Sumatera-Peninsular Malaysia Interconnection between PLN, Indonesia and TNB, Malaysia. Collaboration project to be completed in 2015. (2009)

TNB signed (MoU) with PEA of Thailand on 33 kV Electricity Supply System from Principal Distribution Substation (PPU) at Pengkalan Hulu, Perak to Betong, Thailand. (2010)

Completion of a river diversion project at the Hulu Terengganu Hydroelectric site in Terengganu. (2012)

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Role of Malaysian National Committee

in the AORC-CIGRE

The forming of AORC-CIGRE was first transpired during the CIGRE Administrative

Council meeting that was held in the 1990s in Spain from a proposal brought forward

by Australia and Japan National Committees. The proposal was strongly seconded by

Dato' Fuad Jaafar, the Chairman of MNC-CIGRE at that time. Under the wings of

leadership of its Chairman, MNC-CIGRE took the lead role in organising AORC's first

inaugural meeting in Kuala Lumpur.

Hence, the earliest MNC-CIGRE involvement in the AORC-CIGRE started with the

hosting of its first constitutional meeting which took place on the 9th of May 2000 at

TNB Headquarters Office in Kuala Lumpur. It was attended by the representatives of

National Committees from Malaysia, Japan, Korea, Thailand and Australia.

During the inaugural meeting, the Chairman and Honorary Secretary of MNC-CIGRE

chaired the meeting and became the meeting secretary, respectively. The AORC-

CIGRE formation and its inaugural committee was later initially endorsed by the

CIGRE Administrative Council in February 2001.

Fig. 20 - CIGRE Colloquium: C6 - Electricity for Rural Socio-Economic Development, May 1-5th,

2007, Langkawi Island, Malaysia

Fig.2 - Kenyir Power Station in 1987

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Appointments of MNC in AORC-CIGRE

On August 26th 2002, during the 38th Paris General Session, the late Dato' Pian

Sukro who was then the Chief Executive Officer of TNB and MNC-CIGRE Chairman

had been elected unanimously as the second AORC-CIGRE Chairman effectively for

two consecutive years. With the appointment, MNC-CIGRE was later compelled to

host a CIGRE Symposium which was later agreed by the CIGRE Administrative

Council that the venue of the Symposium 2000 to be awarded to MNC-CIGRE

(Malaysia).

In 2004, the position of Deputy Chairman of AORC-CIGRE and its Honorary Secretary

was later honoured to Dato' Azmi Abdullah and Zainoren Shukri, who were then the

Deputy Chairman and Committee Member of MNC-CIGRE, respectively. Two years

later in 2006, the position of Honorary Secretary of AORC-CIGRE was given to the

late Dr Sallehudin Yusof (2006-2008).

During the AORC-CIGRE Tokyo meeting in June 2014, the honour to lead the AORC-

CIGRE is again entrusted to the Malaysian National Committee with the appointment

of its newly appointed MNC-CIGRE Chairman, Datuk Rozimi Remeli.

MNC-CIGRE Participation

In the 40th Paris General Session (2006), it was made clear that each National

Committee would promote CIGRE to their immediate neighbouring countries

especially Phillippines, Indonesia, Singapore & Vietnam through memberships to the

newly formed AORC-CIGRE.

Fig. 21 - Forum: Sustaining Operation & Maintenance Excellence of HVDC Transmission Systems:

Challenges & Opportunities, Apr 20-24th, 2011, SACC Selangor, Malaysia

Fig.2 - Kenyir Power Station in 1987

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Through AORC-CIGRE, MNC-CIGRE had since been able to actively participate in

technical co-operations and widened its networking more effectively in the Asia-

Oceania region. This has proven fruitful with the participation of Indonesia to the

CIGRE and AORC societies in 2006.

Fig. 23- Above shows the promotional brochures that were prepared by MNC-CIGRE for the

September 1999 CIGRE Symposium (left) and March 2004 Regional Technical Meeting (right).

The various technical meetings, symposia and colloquia that MNC-CIGRE had

organised, participated and involved are as follows:-

Fig.22 - Power System Restoration Under Disasters & Emergencies– Strategy, Planning & Operation, Hotel Sunway Lagoon, Malaysia 2-4th May, 2012

Fig.2 - Kenyir Power Station in 1987

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Year Host Event Venue

1999 CIGRE Symposium International Symposium: Power System Issues in

Rapidly Industrialising Countries

Kuala Lumpur,

Malaysia

2000

-2002

AORC-CIGRE JNC-CIGRE Talk on New Technologies and Activities

in Japan TNB HQ, Malaysia

IEM/MNC Conference

Talk on Renewable Energy Resources & Distributed Generation

P. Jaya, Malaysia

IEM/MNC

Conference Seminar on Electricity Market

PJ Hilton,

Malaysia

CIGRE Participation in 36th CIGRE Paris General Session,

Workshops & Study Comm. Meetings

(18 papers/reports presented)

Paris, France

AORC-CIGRE AORC-CIGRE Administrative Meeting Bangkok,

Thailand

MNC-CIGRE & WG 37.32

Industry Structure and Reform Status UNITEN Bangi,

Malaysia

CIGRE/ AORC-

CIGRE

CIGRE Regional Symposium

1st AORC-CIGRE Technical Meeting

Cairns,

Australia

MNC-CIGRE Int. Power Quality Bench Marking Efforts TNBR Malaysia

AORC Regional Technical Meeting: Protection & Control Seoul, South

Korea

CIGRE Participation in 39th CIGRE Paris Gen.Session,

Workshops, AORC & Study Comm. Meetings Paris, France

2002-

2004

MNC-CIGRE &

CIRED

Seminar: Biomass Generation & Co-Generation and

Their Connection issues to distribution systems and potential solutions

TNB Research,

Malaysia

AORC-CIGRE Panel

B1 Cable Practices in Power Utilities

TNB PDCondo,

Malaysia

MNC-CIGRE W/shop: Post graduate Studies in Power System Bangi,

Malaysia

MNC CIGRE Workshop: Gas/electricity network in Malaysia -the

need for Integrated Analysis. Bangi,

Malaysia

MNC-CIGRE Workshop: Interconnection Issue of Embedded Gen. Bangi,

Malaysia

AORC-CIGRE Regional Technical Meeting : Convergence of ICT in

the Power Industry Business & Operation

Putrajaya,

Malaysia

AORC/TNC-CIGRE (Thai)

SC1 WG37.26 Workshop: Planning Issues in Developing and Newly Industrialised Countries

Bangkok, Thailand

CIGRE

CIGRE Regional Meeting & Symposium 2004

(Administrative and Working Group Meetings) (6 papers/reports presented)

Ljubljana,

Slovenia

CIGRE

Participation in 40th CIGRE Paris General Session,

Workshops, AORC & Study Committee Meetings (4 papers/reports presented)

Paris, France

AORC-CIGRE Panel

B1

Panel B1 Meeting discussion on Cable Practices,

Monitoring and Updates on Cable Projects Hong Kong

AORC/MNC-CIGRE Workshop on Distribution Network Design & Op Putrajaya,

Malaysia

CIGRE CIGRE Regional Meeting & Symposium 2005

(Admin and Working Group Meetings, C1& B4) Athens, Greece

2004-2006

CIGRE Working

Group B5

Working Group Meeting WGB5.19

Report: Guide on Criteria and Methods for Suitable Applications for Protection Relay Coordination

Tokyo, Japan

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Year Host Event Venue

2004-

2006

MNC/AORC-CIGRE, HAPUA

CIGRE WG B5.21 Workshop:

Worldwide Utility Experience in Exploiting Localised Protection & Control Technology to Minimise impact

of Large power System Disturbances

KL Sentral, Malaysia

AORC-CIGRE Panel

B1

AORC Panel B1 Meeting / Asia Pacific Regional Conference & Exhibition on Medium Voltage Power

Cable Technology (APAC Cable 05)

Petaling Jaya,

Malaysia

CIGRE CIGRE Adminstrative Meeting Bangalore,

India

AORC-CIGRE SC6 Meeting South Africa

AORC-CIGRE

AORC Administrative & Technical Meeting

C5 Session: Impacts of Electricity Market and Deregulations on System Security" Dr Ashok

Manglick, Australia C6 Session: Distributed Generation and Connection

Issues . Dr Yutaka Kokai, Japan

Concorde

Hotel, KL

MNC-CIGRE, UTM Short Course: Scheduling & Dispatch Course (Prof

Khalid Md Nor) APS, Shah

Alam

MNC-CIGRE CIGRE Workshop for WGB5.21 and WGB5.19 Shah Alam /

TNB Malaysia

MNC-CIGRE, IEE-PES & TNBR

Short Lecture: International Experience with System

Disturbance-Lessons Learned

Prof Peter Wallace (Australia)

TNB Research, Malaysia

MNC-CIGRE & IEEE-PES

Sustainable Electric Power Systems in the 21st

Century-Requirements, Challenges and Role of New

Technologies by Dr Prabha Kundur

UiTM Shah Alam, Malaysia

AORC-CIGRE /

MNC-CIRED

Malaysia Conference and Exhibition non T&D Asset

Management for Electric Utilities

Kuala Lumpur,

Malaysia

CIGRE Participation in 41st CIGRE Paris General Session, Workshops, AORC & Study Committee Meetings

Paris, France

MNC-CIGRE

Special Tutorial: Introducing Wholesale Competition

in Electricity Industry- Issues, Challenges and Approaches by Dr Chris Harris (RWE International)

Shah Alam,

Malaysia

2006-2008

MNC-CIGRE Electrical Power System Competition 2007 (EPSCOM) Bangi,

Malaysia

MNC CIGRE, AORC

CIGRE, HAPUA, CIRED

Indonesia NC

CIGRE Colloquium: C6 - Electricity for Rural Socio-Economic Development

SC6 Distribution System & Dispersed Generation

Langkawi, Malaysia

MNC CIGRE/ AORC CIGRE

Intensive Short Course: Generator Technology Course by Geoff Klempner, Canada

Penang, Malaysia

AORC

Administrative & Tech Meeting

AORC-CIGRE Administrative, Tech Meeting:

Impact of Grid Codes on Planning & Operation of Power Systems

Penang,

Malaysia

IEEE-PES/ MNC-CIGRE

A Talk on The Implications of the Grid Code on

Power Systems Operation , Security and Security Assessments

Shah Alam, Malaysia

MNC-CIGRE, MNC-CIRED,IEEE-PES

Forum on Future Power Technologies Dr Hiroshi Suzuki(Japan) & Paul Wilson(Canada)

PJ Hilton, Malaysia

AORC-CIGRE

AORC-CIGRE Administrative, Tech Meeting: System Operation Issues in AORC-CIGRE Countries;

Symposium: System Development and Asset

Management Under Restructuring

Osaka, Japan

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Year Host Event Venue

2006-2008

AORC-CIGRE Panel

B1

Panel B1 Meeting : Cable Bridges and Tunnels:

Testing & Evaluation

Kuala Lumpur,

Malaysia

MNC & IEEE-PES Talk: Protection Systems Shah Alam,

Malaysia

MNC/AORC-CIGRE Panel B1

Panel B1 Meeting : Underground Cable Diagnosis TNB Research,

Malaysia

MNC-CIRED/MNC-

CIGRE

Asia Pacific Regional Conference & Exhibition on

Power Quality 2007 - "Towards Cost-Effective PQ Solutions"

Sunway,

Malaysia

INC/AORC-CIGRE

AORC-CIGRE Administrative & Tech Meeting:

Technical & Socio-Economic Issues Related to Interconnections

Jakarta,

Indonesia

MNC-CIGRE &

IEEE-PES

Talk on Power Systems: the Awe-Inspiring Artificial

Integration and the Engineers' Proud and Responsibility by Yoshihide Hase (Japan)

APS, Shah

Alam, Malaysia

MNC-CIGRE Forum

Forum: Towards Sustainable Long Term Operational

Reliability of Primary Power System Equipment in conj. with Electric Asia 2008 Exhb.

KLCC, Malaysia

CIGRE Participation in 42nd CIGRE Paris General Session,

Workshops, AORC&Study Comm Meeting Paris, France

AORC-CIGRE Panel

B1 Panel B1 Technical Meeting

Bangkok,

Thailand

CIRED, MNC-CIGRE Int. Conference on T &D Asset Management '08 Kuala Lumpur,

Malaysia

2008-

2010

MNC-CIGRE Electric Power System Competition 2009 Bangi,

Malaysia

AORC/MNC-CIGRE AORC-CIGRE Power System Dynamic Course by Dr

Prabha Kundur

Bandung,

Indonesia

MNC-CIGRE Brainstorming Session on Smart Grid as part of

Green Technology Initiative Shah Alam,

Malaysia

MNC-CIGRE Talk : Power System Modelling & Simulations:

Differences & proposed for Power System Protection

Scheme by Melia Selak of BC Hydro

TNB HQ,

Malaysia

MNC-CIGRE Presentation to Ministry of Energy, Green

Technology and Water on Smart Grid Putrajaya, Malaysia

MNC-CIGRE TNB-EPRI-CIGRE Workshop: Smart Grid TNB HQ,

Malaysia

MNC-CIGRE Presentation to Khazanah Nasional on Renewable

Energy Initiative KLCC, Malaysia

AORC/MNC-CIGRE AORC Administrative Meeting

Power System Stability (Intensive Short Course) PJ Selangor,

Malaysia

MNC-CIGRE Workshop on Smart Grid Initiatives in Asia Pacific

Region (Co-Joint with CIRED Malaysia)

PJ Hilton,

Malaysia

MNC-CIGRE Comm. C4 on System Technical Performance:

Colloquium on Lightning & Power Systems Kuala Lumpur,

Malaysia

CIGRE Participation in 43rd CIGRE Paris General Session, Workshops, AORC & SC Meetings

Paris, France

CIRED, MNC-CIGRE Asia Pacific Regional Conference & Exhibition on

Energy Efficiency (APACEE 2010)

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

MNC-CIGRE Forum on Power System Protection Selangor, Malaysia

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Year Host Event Venue

2010-

2012

MNC-CIGRE Electric Power System Competition (EPSCOM'11) Selangor,

Malaysia

MNC-CIGRE Operational Safety & Reliability of Nuclear Power Selangor, Malaysia

MNC-CIGRE Forum: Sustaining Operation & Maintenance Excellence of HVDC Transmission Systems:

Challenges & Opportunities

Selangor,

Malaysia

CIGRE CIGRE Administrative Council Meeting Seoul, Korea

AORC-CIGRE

AORC-CIGRE Administrative & Tech Meeting:

Renewable Energy Development, Integration Issues and Solutions

Chiang Mai,

Thailand

CIRED, MNC-CIGRE National Workshop on Renewable Energy Kuala Lumpur,

Malaysia

AORC/MNC-CIGRE

Power System Restoration Under Disasters &

Emergencies– Strategy, Planning & Operation Panel B2, B5 & C6

Selangor,

Malaysia

2012-2014

MNC-CIGRE,

UNITEN, AESIEAP Knowledge-sharing session on EMF

Selangor,

Malaysia

MNC-CIGRE, SEDA The Australian Experience in Developing Wind

Energy Farms

Putrajaya,

Malaysia

AORC/MNC-CIGRE AORC Admin & Technical Meeting Guangzhou,

China

AORC/MNC-CIGRE AORC Admin & Technical Meeting Tokyo, Japan

IEEE PES/CIGRE/CELP

TECHNICAL TALK- Lightning Parameters of

Engineering Interest: Application of Lightning Detection Technologies

Selangor, Malaysia

CIGRE Participation in 44th CIGRE Paris General

Session, Workshops, AORC & SC Meetings Paris, France

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A Tribute to a Dedicated Fellow

Dr. Sallehhudin B. Yusof

The inspirational Power Engineer and MNC CIGRE Foremost Contributor

Dr. Sallehhudin B. Yusof, the well respected and iconic power engineer, passed

away unexpectedly but peacefully 3 years ago in October 2010. He was laid to rest

in Bidor, Perak, Malaysia, where he was born on December 7, 1954 and brought up

in a family of 5. FTo all of his colleagues worldwide, Dr. Salleh was an exemplary

role model, a true gentleman, an honorable person, and an inspired engineer,

researcher and academician with a strong work ethic and passion for the field of

power engineering.

He obtained his BSc. degree in Electrical Engineering at the Southampton University

in 1978. He then started his career in Lembaga Letrik Negara and later Tenaga

Nasional Berhad. He was assigned as Distribution and Planning Engineer where he

worked on distribution system loss, voltage problems, PQ, before deciding to further

his study at UTM for a Masters in Electrical Engineering in 1989. He left for Canada

to pursue his doctorate in at McMaster University in Hamilton in 1990. His thesis title

was ―Parallel Distributed Computation of Transient Stability Problem‖.

Dr. Sallehhudin then joined PTI-Asia in 1995 and later formed a consultancy

company called Advanced Power Solutions (APS) in 2000. He was the President of

APS which specializes in power system solutions in planning, design and operation

aspects. He was the Vice Chair MNC-CIGRE, held the position as the Secretary of

Asia-Oceania Regional Council of CIGRE, member of CIGRE Study Committee 37

(System Planning and Development), active committee member of AORC-CIGRE,

CIRED and IEEE-PES.

He was the recipient of numerous awards such as CIGRE Study Committee C1

Award, 2004, IEEE-PES Malaysia Engineer Award 2005 and MNC-CIGRE Outstanding

Person of the Year Award, 2006. Furthermore, he also taught post-graduate course

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in ‗Computation of Power System Dynamics‘ at the University of Malaya since 2004 and UNITEN since 2000. He also held positions of adjunct professor at UNITEN,

UTEM, and UNIMAP, extensively supervising research students, teaching post-

graduate students and contributing ideas and time to supervise many research

projects.

He worked on many transmission and distribution studies including as the Principal

Investigator in the 2003 and 2005 wide-scale grid electricity supply interruption,

Review of the Malaysian Grid Code and Integrated System Study of the Bakun

Hydroelectric Project. Dr. Salleh had been heavily involved in development and

worldwide supports of Siemens Energy software products. At the same time, he

continued to provide consulting and educational services in the region and overseas.

His latest interest was in the application of Smart Grid technologies in the Malaysian

context, specifically on facilitating the integration of renewable and green energy

projects promoted by the government.

He conducted PSS/E courses in the region as well as abroad like TNB, University

Eduardo Mozambique, PT PLN Indonesia, PEA Thailand, TNBR, APO Japan, Chubu

Japan, Pertamina Indonesia, ITS Germany, Siemens PTI-US, Meritec Australia, EPE

Powerlink, SEC Saudi Arabia and NPC Mongolia. He also provided technical and

consulting services to many electrical and process industries. He also conducted

many training and seminars for utilities in ASEAN as well as in the West Asia.

Furthermore, he contributed significantly in many working groups in the electricity

supply industry world wide and published many high quality technical publications.

Although he is no longer with us, memories of him remain in the minds of the

Malaysian and International, namely KeTTHA, Energy Commission, TNB, CIGRE and

CIRED, the academic and electric power community, and his friends. He will be

dearly missed and the Malaysian power industry will never be the same without him.

However, we have to strive to continue his inspiring legacy in this industry and

create the climate for the industry based NGOs to thrive through effective and

visionary leadership.

It is difficult to adequately put in words how Dr. Salleh has inspired the industry and

his friends. Our praise seems trite and trivial, our most heartfelt tribute unworthy in

face of the colossal fact of his immense contribution, unique expertise, purest

dedication, highest integrity and charming personality. All those who came in contact

with him respected and loved him. We of the power engineering community in

Malaysia mourn the loss of a trusted, resourceful and influential leader. Above all, we

grieve over the loss of a valuable and dear friend but at the same time feel

privileged to have been given the opportunity to serve along his side.

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New Zealand

New Zealand National Committee

NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL COMMITTEE INC. (NZNC)

NZNC History

NZNC Pre-History

The New Zealand National Committee of CIGRE is a relatively young NC as its

formation was ratified at the 2006 CIGRE Paris Session.

Prior to 2006, over many decades New Zealand CIGRE members were members

through the Australian National Committee (ANC) and were active in Australian

CIGRE activities. A number of New Zealanders have been on the ANC executive and

members of Study Committees (SCs) and Working Groups (WGs) through their ANC

membership. NZ members were very grateful for the ANCs support over this period.

Relationships between Australia and New Zealand are historically strong so it is

unsurprising that a special relationship with the ANC continues with a number of

NZNC members still active members of the ANC. This provides valuable advantages

to our members by giving close networking between industry peers. For example

Transpower the only NZ transmission owner and operator has its corporate

membership through the ANC and has individuals with membership of the NZNC.

The advantage of this is that Transpower can mix with its closest transmission peers,

who are based in Australia, directly through the ANC, and have SC, WG and local

activity through the NZNC.

NZNC Formation

In 2003 Geoffrey Cardwell (Centre for Advanced Engineering - CAE, University of

Canterbury) began to gauge interest in a local NC among NZ CIGRE members. Geoff

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had been an active CIGRE participant in South Africa and had immigrated to NZ.

Through Geoff‘s efforts it was established that if a NZNC was formed it might have a

membership of almost 50 equivalent points, whereas 40 is required to form an NC. A

number of existing members were very supportive of a local NC, seeing it would

provide many additional benefits to both CIGRE and NZ power supply industry

personnel, and so liaison with the Central office (Paris) began in 2005.

From 2003 Rhys McDougal of SKM in particular provided encouragement and support

to Geoff in his efforts to promote the formation of a NC and gain the support of

enough NZ CIGRE members. In 2005, Trevor Lord of Lord Consulting and Tony

Mitton of Mitton Consultants joined CIGRE and with Geoff initiated the early stages

of applying to the CIGRE Paris Office for recognition of a New Zealand National

Committee. Trevor drafted the first NZNC Vision document.

During December 2005, Gavan Jackson of Electrix provided guidance to Geoff with

negotiations with Paris and this resulted in the President and Secretary General of

CIGRE agreeing to allow NZ members membership of both the NZNC and the ANC.

In April 2006 NZ CIGRE members discussed the

formation of a NZNC with the ANC, and the concept

was promoted at events such as the Electricity

Engineers Association of NZ (EEA) annual conference

in June 2006. In June 2006 we officially applied to the

Central Office for recognition of the NZNC with Geoff

Cardwell as Chairman and Tony Mitton as Secretary.

The NZNC was ratified in August 2006 at the Paris

Session and Geoff, Pat Bodger (University of Canterbury) and Trevor Lord (pictured

left to right) were on hand to share a few beers and a celebratory dinner.

The CIGRE NZNC held its first inaugural committee meeting on 13 October 2006 with

the following members present: Geoff Cardwell, Chairman, Tony Mitton, Secretary,

Ray Brown (Meridian Energy), Pat Bodger, and George Hooper (CAE).

An interim executive was formed, rules drafted and on the 6th June 2007 the NZNC

was legally incorporated as a society in NZ with its first executive committee

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consisting of Geoff Cardwell, Chairman, Tony Mitton, Secretary, Ray Brown, Ajay

Anand (Top Energy), Bo Nilson (ABB), Peter Hurford (MainPower), Roger Paterson

(PowerNet), and Wade Enright (University of Canterbury). As an Incorporated

Society the NZNC avoids member liabilities and payment of tax as a not-for-profit

organization.

Initially secretariat infrastructure and support was provided by CAENZ followed in

2007 by the University of Canterbury.

In 2007 the NZNC‘s main co-supported event was a Workshop on Network Security

of Supply organised through CAENZ and the EEA held in June in Auckland the day

before the annual EEA Conference. The NZNC arranged for the Convenor of

Australian Panel AP C1, Phil Southwell, to give a Keynote Presentation at the

Workshop and a paper at the main EEA Conference.

The NZNC supported an EPECentre Technical Symposium on Wind Power held in

October 2007 in Christchurch. Partners for this Symposium included the IEEE, PES

and the EEA of NZ. Our NC contribution included a paper by Ray Brown on plans for

increasing wind energy in NZ.

Three NZNC supported events in 2008 included a series of lectures by Ray Brown on

wind energy and wind power integration, the first given in Christchurch in May with

the Institution of Professional Engineers NZ (IPENZ). This was followed in

Wellington in June with the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and in

Auckland in July, again with the IET.

Two NZNC co-sponsored events with the IEEE, PES and the EPECentre were held in

June 2008 in Auckland and Christchurch. Dr Ravi Gorur of Arizona State University

gave seminars on Outdoor Insulators and described work being done in CIGRE SC

D1.

Two 2008 co-sponsored events in conjunction with the IEEE, PES and the EPECentre

were held in June in Auckland and Christchurch. Dr Ravi Gorur of Arizona State

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University gave seminars on Outdoor Insulators and described work being done in

CIGRE SC D1.

The inaugural meetings of the NZNC Interest Groups (IGs) were held on 19 June

2008 in the offices of Mitton Electronet in Christchurch. The six IG meetings were

attended by 36 members in a relatively informal affair accompanied by beer and

pizza.

The NZNC has 6 Interest Groups that cover the main CIGRE SC activities. These

gather knowledge and work from the SCs and WGs and facilitate debate and solution

finding for local power industry challenges. ). Each group organises activities

independently except for an annual combined workshop. Some have little activity

during the year whereas others meet more regularly to progress work on New

Zealand standards or topics of interest. A key focus is linking NZ engineers together

so that they may share knowledge and experience. The Interest Groups are:

IG1 Transformers IG2 Cables

IG3 Overhead Lines IG4 Substations

IG5 System Performance IG6 Generation and Distribution

The NZNC was pleased to be allocated its first Paris Session papers which were presented at the 2008 Paris Session by Ray Brown, Roger Paterson, and Supatra

Bhumiwat.

CIGRE NZ uses the Linkedin.com website is for hosting online NC and IG discussions,

news and networking. Two groups are used, a CIGRE NZ members group and a

CIGRE NZ NGN group for CIGRE NZ members and members of related NZ

institutions such as IET, IEEE, EEA and IPENZ.

The NZNC becomes an Institutional Cornerstone of the NZ Power Industry

The NZNC is relatively unique among NCs in that its membership consists of

distribution and generation companies and suppliers of goods and services to the

power supply industry. Few members of the NZ TSO are members of the NZNC. This

has provided advantages to members in that free and frank discussion about the

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transmission industry has been practical, and international positions in SCs and WGs

are more freely available to industry participants. The number of NZ CIGRE

equivalent members grew significantly following its formation and has remained

steady as follows.

Year 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Membership 70 109 152 146 148 149 128 210

In February 2009 the CIGRE Technical Committee, held its annual meeting in

Christchurch. A conference entitled ―Power Quality in Future Networks‖ with the

general theme of ―Planning for Acceptable Power Quality in Weak Networks with

Distributed Generation‖ was held in conjunction with the EPECentre to coincide with

the visit. Study Committees C1 Chairman and the Technical Committee chairman

Prof Klaus Frohlich were keynote speakers. Australian Panel C4 also held its annual

meeting in Christchurch to coincide with the events. Seven Study Committee

Chairmen provided overviews of CIGRE work in their areas to a small seminar in

Wellington.

The NZNC IGs met again in June 2009 in Christchurch. 34 members attended.

At the 2009 AGM Geoffrey Cardwell stepped down as chairman and Tony Mitton as

secretary. Ray Brown and Dennis Keen were voted in as chairman and secretary

respectively and the NZNC became a wholly independent organisation managing its

own secretariat functions.

The primary goals of CIGRE NZ are to enhance the collective technical skills and

knowledge of the electricity supply industry in New Zealand and promote networking

among NZ Members and others in related fields.

The NZNC was allocated three papers for the 2010 Paris Session.

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The inaugural CIGRE NZ Annual full day Workshop was held in the Rydges Hotel in

Auckland in June 2010. Approximately 40 members attended which was very

encouraging for our first full day meeting. The workshop was professionally run and

set a high standard to beat in future years. Sharon Brown managed and

administered the event. The main annual meeting of the IGs was held at the end of

the workshop.

In August 2010 CIGRE combined with the NZWEA (NZ Wind Energy Association) to

host a one day workshop in the Wellington Town Hall convention centre, on Wind

and Power System Integration. The NZNC arranged the visit of well-known author

and expert Thomas Ackermann to NZ as the keynote speaker.

In February 2011 a series of earthquakes devastated much of Christchurch, NZ‘s

second largest city. Many of CIGRE‘s members and executive were based in

Christchurch and these events had a significant impact on them and their families.

The CIGRE NZ Annual workshop in 2012 was held again in Auckland with fifty

members attending. Again Sharon Brown managed the venue and registrations for

the event. Prof Klaus Fröhlich (CIGRE TC Chairman) provided the main keynote

address. Special interest topic presentations were provided: ‗Experiences / Lessons

from Canterbury Earthquakes‘ by Jono Brent, CEO Connectics, and ‗Developments in

HVDC‘ by Peter Griffiths, SC-B4 Member from Transpower NZ Ltd. Klaus also gave a

keynote presentation at the EEA conference that the workshop was held in

conjunction with and was also on a panel at the conference. No Annual Workshop

was held in 2013 due to the International Symposium that was held instead. CIGRE

NZ sponsored Phil Southwell (Western Power, Perth) as chair of the CIGRE Study

Committee SC C1 System Development and Economics to provide a keynote

presentation at the EEA conference. His contribution was very well received.

The NZNC was allocated three papers authored by Nirmal Nair, Nick Bowe, Mike

Whaley, Ken Pattie, Ray Brown and Hayden Scott-Dye for the 2012 Paris Session.

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2013 Auckland International Symposium

In September 2013 two international CIGRE Study Committees A3 (HV Equipment)

and B2 (Overhead Lines) held their annual meetings in Auckland in conjunction with

a NZNC/ANC/Central Office Symposium. The Symposium was titled ―Best Practice in

Transmission and Distribution in a Changing Environment‖ and it focused on HV

Equipment and Overhead Lines and was supported by SC.B1 (Insulated Cables), B3

(Substations), A2 (Transformers), and C6 (Distribution Systems and Dispersed

Generation).

Various keynote speeches, paper sessions, SC, WG, and Australian Panel meetings,

tutorials and a technical tour were held over the space of nine days. The meetings

were held at SkyCity Convention Centre, The Rydges Hotel and AECOM House in

Auckland. The organisation required was phenomenal and the NZNC was extremely

grateful to Rob Lake of Transpower who co-chaired the Organising Committee with

Ray Brown and without whose efforts the event would not have achieved the quality

and professionalism that it did.

The Symposium Technical Committee consisted of co-chairs Konstantin Papailiou (SC

B2) and Hiroki Ito (SC A3), and members François Meslier CIGRE Secretary General,

Claude Rajotte SC A2, Pierre Argaut SC B1, Terry Krieg SC B3, Nikos Hatziargyriou

SC C6, Josef Kindersberger SC D1, Robert Lake ANC & B2, and Peter Vukovic NZNC

& A3.

Typical feedback received was that it was the best electricity supply industry

conference organised in NZ for decades. The focus was on technical challenges, and

CIGRE‘s international framework provided the ideal technical basis for the

Symposium and meetings. The event was unique for NZ in that it‘s attendees were

mainly non-academic practitioners from offshore (approximately 70% of participants

were from outside NZ), which made it easy to achieve the NZNC‘s reason for holding

the event which was to provide an opportunity for NZ engineers to learn and

network with the top experts in their related fields from around the world.

The Symposium had 330 participants, of which 180 were from outside of Australasia

from a total of 35 countries. There were 21 Symposium sessions and 102 papers.

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Three tutorials were held for SCs A3, B1, and B2 with a total of 230 attendees. The

Symposium Dinner was attended by 230 delegates and 120 members attended a

combined SCA3/SCB2 Dinner. There were over 30 WG, SC, and TAG meetings over

ten days of meetings (including the Australian Panel meetings). 120 participated in

the Technical Tour. In total there were over 400 participants across all events. The

following montage shows (clockwise from top left) Konstantin Papailiou, Ray Brown

and Robert Lake, Mark Waldron (TC chair), Maori cultural group, Konstantin and Ray

doing a hongi, and Hiroki Ito.

CIGRE NZ Young Engineer and University Links

CIGRE NZ began with close links with the Electric Power Engineering Centre

(EPECentre) based at the Canterbury University as well as members of Canterbury‘s

Engineering School. More recently a close link has formed with the University of

Auckland‘s engineering school through Dr. Nirmal Nair. The NZNC sponsors annual

student prizes at the two Universities for final year student projects.

CIGRE NZ maintains links with the Electricity Engineers Association of NZ (EEA). The

EEA facilitates two Annual Power Engineering Exchanges (APEX Southern and APEX

Northern) where knowledge and experience is shared through networking and a

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range of presentations given by young engineers on areas of interest. CIGRE NZ

sponsors Best Presentation Awards at these events.

CIGRE NZ established a NGN group (Next Generation Network) in September 2011

to encourage and support our younger members. Rebecca Stewart (Beca) has

convened the NGN with Dennis Keen‘s assistance, and a number of events have

been held around NZ since 2012.

International Involvement

New Zealand is the most isolated NC in CIGRE and so CIGRE NZ promotes activities

through correspondence and communications rather than physical attendance of all

international meetings. Most of our memberships of WGs and SCs are as

corresponding members.

During the 2010 - 2013 period we have focused on promoting NZ members into

international SCs and WGs in order to develop international links and knowledge

sharing, with less focus on local seminars and workshops which are generally well

provided for by related institutions. CIGRE‘s strength is in its international networks

and groups and we encourage members into these. By growing NZ member

involvement in WGs the WGs will benefit from NZ experiences and knowledge, and

NZ members will benefit from the sharing of international knowledge and

experience. NZNC members who are members of SCs and WGs will report activities

and learnings back to the IGs and further stimulate national level activity.

Geoffrey Cardwell, Ray Brown and then Nirmal Nair have been the NZNC

representatives on the AORC. Ray Brown was elected to the international Technical

Committee from 2010 to 2012 and appreciated getting to know many learned CIGRE

members and visiting cities around the world during his tenure.

In 2013 our membership of International Study Committees was as follows:

SC- A1 Rotating Electrical Machines Kane Henderson (Mighty River Power)

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SC- A2 Transformers Johan Hendriks (PSC) SC- A3 High Voltage Equipment Peter Vukovic (Mighty River Power) SC- B1 Insulated Cables Tony Auditore (LineTech) SC- B2 Overhead Lines Helen Yorke (Beca) SC- B3 Substations Alisdair Reid (Mainpower) SC- B4 HVDC and Power Electronics Peter Griffiths (Transpower) SC- B5 Protection and Automation Nirmal Nair (Auckland University) SC- C1 System Development and Economics Simon Todd (Transpower) SC- C2 System Operation & Control Kevin Small (Transpower) SC- C5 Electricity Markets and Regulation Bruce Smith (Electricity Authority) SC- D1 Materials and Emerging Technologies Supatra Bhumiwat (Kea Consulting)

We had NZ members involved in approximately 36 international working groups in

2013. NZ has one of the highest country per capita WG memberships in CIGRE.

A1.25 Kane Henderson B3.34 Robert Deller B5.45 Dylan Jenkins

A1.29 Craig Brown B3.34 Bob Simpson B5.48 Nirmal Nair

A2.37 Li Peh B3/C1/ C2.14

Philip König C1.20 Graeme Ancell

A2.43 Jon Brown B4.53 John Gleadow C1.24 Christine Hill

A2.44 Li Ing Peh B4.53 Willie Otto C1.24 Graeme Ancell

A3.30 Dennis Keen B4.54 Predrag Milosevic C2/C5.05 Ramu Naidoo

B2.24 Robert Lake B4.60 Jown Gleadow C3/B1/B2 Robert Lake

B2.27 Bob Simpson B4.61 Michael Dalzell C5.12 Ramu Naidoo

B2.40 Robert Lake B5 C6.26 Lei Jing C6.19 Chen Chris

B2.41 Robert Lake B5.40 Gavrilo Kovacevic C6.21 Dennis Keen

B2.50 Jeremiah Almano B5.43 Nirmal Nair D1-A2.47 Supatra Bhumiwat

B2.52 Michael Newton B5.44 Dylan Jenkins D2.33 John Crisp

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Looking Forward

The NZNC hopes to grow the depth of involvement of our members in international

CIGRE groups so that they can bring valuable experience and knowledge back into

NZ. The NZNC‘s major challenge is to achieve higher active participation from

members. The NZNC is also considering hiring a part time employee to reduce the

load of future chairs and secretaries.

The NZNC thanks the Central Office, and the Technical and Administrative

Committees for their support in making CIGRE a success in New Zealand.

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Thailand

Background of TNC-CIGRE

Department of Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency (or DEDE and previously called National Energy Office) had applied to be a CIGRE member since the year 1954 after taking into account that CIGRE activities would benefit Thailand in many aspects i.e. energy planning, generation, transmission, distribution, maintenance and industries concerned to electric power. As a member, Thailand, has been able to obtain and exchange the said experience with other members from more than 50 countries at that time. This is an appropriate way out to speed up achieving more experiences and knowledge with low risk. Furthermore, local electric problems were also presented for exchange and getting important point of views and suggestions from those foreign experts who contributed their expertise in CIGRE Session which has been holding every two years.

Later, in 1972, National Energy Office realized that Electricity Supply Industry (ESI) and related sectors of Thailand were expanded widely and progressed rapidly much more than ever been in the past. So CIGRE activity participation seemed significantly useful for other power utilities, as well. The advantages of CIGRE membership were then publicized to several organizations. As a result, number of collective members was increased to be 10 (equivalent to 50 individual members) in Thailand which led to the approval and adoption by CIGRE, on the status of Thailand National Committee (TNC) since then, in the year 1974.

TNC-CIGRE comprised of members or representatives from government and private sectors. While TNC has been promoting members in various interests such as

1. encourage to submit papers for CIGRE Sessions and/or to attend CIGRE technical meetings

2. nominate TNC representatives to be selected as members of Study Committees,

3. support Thai experts to cooperate with Study Committee in order to follow up CIGRE & TNC‘s news, and participate in events, activities including interesting issues of CIGRE Sessions,

4. and also nominate representative to join Administrative Council as per CIGRE rules.

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Present Structure

Thailand National Committee of CIGRE

Fig. 1 : Structure of TNC-CIGRE

Mission

1. To co-ordinate with CIGRE Center Office and CIGRE member countries. 2. To promote searching, disseminating and sharing of knowledge,

experiences together with information about power generation, transmission, distribution, engineering, construction, equipment technology, control and protection system including safety, environment as well as renewable energy.

3. To nominate TNC representatives to be selected as members of Study Committees and/or take part in CIGRE activities.

4. To solicit and recognize new comers (universities, governmental and private sectors as well as other interested organizations) for the application on CIGRE membership.

5. To support the technical issues, seek funding together with the request on sponsoring by CIGRE Central Office for holding the technical meeting in Thailand.

6. To support activities of CIGRE and Asia-Oceania Regional Council of CIGRE (AORC-CIGRE).

7. To appoint sub committees for proceeding any other activities as initiating by TNC.

8. Other activities as assigned.

- TNC Vice Chairpersons

- Chairman of Tech. Committee - CIGRE Members / SCs / WGs

- Technocrats / Experts

Office of TNC

Chairman of TNC

(Former Permanent Secretary of Energy

Ministry)

TNC Secretary General

(EGAT)

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TNC Chairpersons’ Profiles

The First Chairman and the Memorial to him : Dr. Boonrod Binson

Fig. 2 : The First Chairman of TNC

As the first Secretary General of the National Energy Administration which was

established in 1953 and now named as the Department of Alternative Energy

Development and Efficiency (DEDE). Dr. Boonrod played vital roles since its

establishment in bringing energy development in Thailand to an outstanding

recognition. He stands as one of the important developer who is dedicated both

physically and mentally to successful work especially electricity from hydro and

thermal power. We really admire him and follow his steps to make the country and

the people even more secured both in the energy development and well-being

sustainability.

Dr. Boonrod Binson was born in 1915 (pass away in 2012). He finished his high

school since the age of 14, and obtained his Bachelor of Science in Electrical

Engineering with first class honours at Chulalongkorn University in 1933. He then

joined the government sector as a lecturer at the Faculty of Engineering,

Chulalongkorn University at the age of 18, the youngest lecturer ever before.

In 1936, he was granted the scholarship to continue his post graduate degree in the

same field at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA and, later, took his

doctoral degree in Hydro Power at Harvard University, USA.

When he returned to Thailand, He put his own effort and talent in the energy

development of home country.

In 1953 when the National Energy Administration was established he was appointed

as acting Secretary General and became the Secretary General in 1956. In 1962, he

was the Governor of North-east Electricity Authority. He then became the founding

Dr. Boonrod Binson, a former Chairman of

the Thailand National Committee of CIGRE

(TNC-CIGRE),devoted most of his life to

the energy development in national and

international levels. He is the pioneer of

the hydro power development in Thailand

as well as in the Greater Mekong Sub

Region, which brought about the irrigation

system to help agricultural development

and the electricity access across the north-

east of Thailand.

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Member of Mekong Committee, the international cooperation that led to the

establishment of the Pong River Dam Project. It was a great success with full effort

of Dr. Boonrod to help creating the standard of living for Thai people in the north-

east by generating electricity and irrigation system from the project.

Internationally, he supported Thailand to participate in international energy

organization such as the International Council on Large Electric Systems (CIGRE),

the World Energy Council, the International Commission on Large Dam, and many

other international meetings.

He is the real respectable energy man that we should remember and follow every footprints he had paved the way. He deserves indeed the Raymon Magsaysay Award as the Mekong Committee which Dr. Boonrod played a vital role received it in 1966 for international understanding.

Today‘s event has indeed been an idol and effort derived from his vision in creating

Thailand an outstanding international role in the energy development for the benefits

of Thai people and the world.

Great wholeheartedly appreciation much be given to Dr. Boonrod Binson, the great

energy man who brings Thailand‘s energy development to the far front and beyond.

The Second and Present Chairman

Fig. 3 : Present Chairman of TNC

On energy management side, Dr. Norkun has initiated and implemented various

energy policy issues. He supervises the formulation and implementation of the

energy master plans including Power Development Plan (PDP), Energy Conservation

Plan and Alternative Energy Development Plan. In addition, one of his major works is

Dr. Norkun Sitthiphong, the present Chairman, is now the current Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Energy (MoE). He was born in 1953 and obtained Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering) from Oregon University, USA, in the year 1980. He has joined Ministry of Energy since the year 2003 while had served the country as a Dean and Vice President of Chiang Mai University for many years earlier, before joining Ministry of Energy in 2003 until today.

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the drafting of the Energy Industry Act 2007 which established the Energy

Regulatory Commission and created new regime gas and electricity regulation

system in Thailand. He is in charge of energy sector of the country among the

beginning and booming period of Thai Government‘s official policies on Renewable

Energy promoting.

On the organization management side, he worked as the Chief Change Officer (CCO)

of the Ministry of Energy for 7 years.

Dr. Norkun‘s important contributions to the country were also pushing the policies of

development on Renewable Energy, Smart Grid, ASEAN Power Grid and Power

Market in the region.

The significant achievement of Dr. Norkun‘s is that the Ministry of Energy has

received the Public sector Management Quality Award 2012: Category 1 Leadership

and Social Responsibility; the first government agency who received this award at

the Ministry level.

Dr. Norkun Sitthiphong was appointed to be Chairman of TNC-CIGRE in 2011 and

also was elected by AORC-CIGRE Administrative Meeting 2012, Paris, to be the

Chairperson of AORC for the term of 2012-2014, as well.

Members of TNC-CIGRE

Fig. 4 : TNC-CIGRE Members during Year 2011-2014

Number of TNC members was quite stable since the year 1974. Until in the late 2010, when TNC Office was moved and assigned to be oversaw by Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) and with strong campaigns, number of Collective and Individual members were raised rapidly in the year 2012 throughout 2014, or increased 235% approximately compare to year 2011. This makes the history record of TNC.

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Fig. 5 : Location of TNC Office

Now, TNC Office is located in EGAT Head Office with the contact details as follows :- Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT), Room 1401 Bld. T 101, 53 Charansanitwong Road, Bang Kruai, Nonthaburi 11130, Thailand

Tel. (66) 2436 2054, Fax. (66) 2436 2089, Email : cigre.tnc@egat.co.th

Web site : www.cigre-thailand.org

Country Profile

Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand, formerly known as Siam, is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and the southern extremity of Burma. Its maritime boundaries include Vietnam in the Gulf of Thailand to the southeast, and Indonesia and India in the Andaman Sea to the southwest.

Fig. 6 : Where‘s Thailand & Who‘re Thai People

The country is a constitutional monarchy, headed by King Rama IX, the ninth king of the House of Chakri, who, having reigned since 1946, is the world's longest-serving

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head of state and the longest-reigning monarch in Thai history. The official language of Thailand is Thai, a Tai–Kadai language closely related to Lao, Shan in Burma, and numerous smaller languages spoken in an arc from Hainan and Yunnan south to the Chinese border. It is the principal language of education and government and spoken throughout the country.

Thailand is the world's 51st-largest country in terms of total area, with an area of approximately 513,000 km2 (198,000 sq mi), and is the 20th-most-populous country, with around 67 million people. The capital and largest city is Bangkok, which is Thailand's political, commercial, industrial and cultural hub. About 75% of the population is ethnically Thai, 14% is of Chinese origin, and 3% is ethnically Malay; the rest belong to minority groups including Mons, Khmers and various hill tribes. The country's official language is Thai. The primary religion is Buddhism, which is practiced by around 95% of the population.

Thailand is an emerging economy and considered as a newly industrialized country

which is heavily export-dependent, with exports accounting for more than two thirds

of gross domestic product (GDP). Thai currency is Baht (฿) with exchange rate at ฿

30.69 / USD as of 5 June 2013.

As estimation in 2013, Thailand has a GDP worth US$ 673.725 billion (on a Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) basis). This classifies Thailand as the 2nd largest economy in Southeast Asia, after Indonesia. Despite this, Thailand ranks midway in the wealth spread in Southeast Asia as it is the 4th richest nation according to GDP per capita, after Singapore, Brunei and Malaysia. The GDP growths of Thailand, since the year 2002 are fluctuated (fig.7).

Fig. 7 : GDP Graph of Thailand, Year 2002 - 2012

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Thai economy expanded well in 2012 from private domestic demand. Robust consumption was supported by favorable employment conditions, income level and consumer confidence, as well as government stimulus measures. At the same time, private investment also continued to increase on account of flood-damaged repairs (caused by extremely flooding in previous year, 2011), production capacity expansion to support domestic demand, and restructuring of the production process to reduce dependence on labor.

Thailand Power System Profile

History of electricity in Thailand

The history of Thailand's electricity was started in the last 100 years. Chamuen Waiworanat (Charoen Sangxuto) is the key person who initiated electrification in the country and it was continuously developed by related organizations until the present. Those were the long story as the followings :-

Fig. 8 : Chamuen Waiworanat (Charoen Sangxuto)

In 1884, Chamuen Waiworanat (Charoen Sangxuto) was a first person who imported electricity to use in Thailand. On September 20, 1884 that was His Majesty King Rama V‘s birthday anniversary, grand palace at the Chakri Maha Prasat Throne Hall was electrified for the first time.

In 1897, Leonard Nadee, American person, suggested and invited board and government official to establish Bangkok Electric Light Syndicate company transmitting the electricity to streets and government places. However, the firm later sold its concession to the Siam Electricity Limited Company, run by a Dane, named

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Aage Westenhoiz. This power plant was a thermal power plant which was located in the area of Wat Ratchaburana (Wat Liab)

In 1912, His Majesty King Rama VI allowed to establish Sam Sen power plant. The power plant construction was completed and started its commercial operation in 1914 under the name of ―Royal Sam Sen Electricity Authority‖. It was a government trade under the Ministry of Interior. Two organizations which responded for transmitting electricity were the Siam Electricity Limited Company and the Royal Sam Sen Electricity Authority. The Siam Electricity Limited Company was responsible for transmitting electricity to people living in the south of Klong Bangkok Noi and Klong Banglumpoo and supply areas of the Royal Sam Sen Electricity Authority were north of Klong Bangkok Noi and Klong Banglumpoo.

In 1954, Provincial Electricity Organization was established under the Ministry of Interior.

In 1958, Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) was established by merging the Bangkok Electric Works and Royal Sam Sen Electricity Authority to be responsible for providing power supply in Bangkok, Nonthaburi, and Samut Prakan.

In 1960, Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) was established instead of Provincial Electricity Organization being responsible for distributing electricity across the country except the area under the responsibility of Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA).

Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) was established on May 1, 1969 by the promulgation of the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand Act B.E. 2511 which merged assets and operations of the 3 previous state enterprises, namely Yanhee Electricity Authority (YEA), Lignite Authority (LA), and the North-East Electricity Authority (NEEA).

Fig. 9 : First Office of Electricity Authority

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Since 1969, Thailand has developed continuously, so demand for electricity is higher. EGAT has continuously development of power plants and transmission system which be responded for demand of the users, industrial sector, agriculture, the tourism industry, etc. EGAT has been committed to developing Thai electricity supply system for reliable, stable and the highest efficiency electricity system.

New Era of Thailand's Power System Development

When EGAT was established, the country‘s electricity demand increased 29 percent

annually; therefore, EGAT has been committed to developing Thai electricity supply

system as follows:

Fig. 10 : Two Old Power Plants which Gathered to Establish EGAT

In 1969, EGAT constructed a big thermal generating unit with the installed capacity

of 200 MW at South Bangkok Power Plant, Samut Prakan Province, and later

constructed 4 more generating units.

In 1970, EGAT installed two 15 MW-gas turbine generators at North Bangkok Power

Plant, Nonthaburi Province, and the other two at South Bangkok.

The transmission line from the centre to the northeast of Thailand, or the Ang

Thong-Saraburi-Pak Chong-Nakhon Ratchasima line, was installed. Moreover, there

was an installation of the transmission line from Nong Khai Province to Vientiane,

Laos. EGAT started transmitting electricity to Laos in 1971 in order to construct Nam

Ngum Dam that in turn has generated and sold electricity back to Thailand until

today.

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EGAT completed the construction of Sirindhorn Dam in Ubon Ratchathani in 1971

and Chulabhorn Dam in 1972.

EGAT constructed a gas turbine power plant in Songkhla in 1971 and a thermal

power plant in Surat Thani in 1973, and in the same year a diesel generating unit

was moved to Nakhon Si Thammarat, while the transmission system was expanded.

In 1974, EGAT completed the construction of Sirikit Dam in Uttaradit, installed a

hydro generating unit at Kang Krachan Dam in Phetchaburi, and moved gas turbine

and diesel generating units from the centre to the north and the south of Thailand in

order to increase the generating capacity.

Fig. 11 : North Bangkok Power Plant (Former and New One)

Current Structure of Electricity Supply Industry

The present Electricity Supply Industry (ESI) of Thailand is now overseen by Ministry

of Energy (MoE). The electricity industry generally consists of five sectors according

to its functions, namely generation, transmission, distribution, system operation, and

supply. There are three main organizations, namely the Electricity Authority of

Thailand (EGAT), the Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) and the Provincial

Electricity Authority (PEA).

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Fig. 12 : Present ESI of Thailand

The structure of Thailand electricity supply industry before 1992 was vertically

integrated. EGAT was the sole agency responsible for generation and transmission of

electricity for the entire nation. The distribution and retail sectors were the

responsibility of MEA (for Bangkok and two vicinity provinces) and PEA (for other

provincial cities and the rural areas).

By introducing the Independent Power Producers (IPPs) and Small Power Producers

(SPPs) to the industry, the structure of Thailand‘s ESI seems to fit the single buyer

model since 1992. At present, besides the state-owned enterprises, there are private

participants in the generation sector called Small Power Producers (SPPs) and

Independent Power Producers (IPPs). The IPP project was first introduced in 1994.

However, IPPs must sell power to EGAT only. EGAT is the single buyer and bears the

responsibility of power balance as well as transmission network operation. After

EGAT buys electricity from SPPs, IPPs and neighboring countries, EGAT wholesales

the electricity to PEA and MEA in order to distribute and retail. EGAT also sells a

small portion of its electricity to some large customers who are connected directly to

its transmission lines. The first solicitation of bids for IPPs was announced in 1994.

Seven IPP projects were awarded PPAs. The second solicitation of bids for IPPs was

announced in June 2007.

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Fig. 13 : Responsibilities of EGAT, MEA and PEA

According to the enactment of Thailand Energy Industry Act 2007, the institutional

framework of the electricity industry was slightly changed. At the core of this

institutional structure lies a regulatory body namely the Energy Regulatory

Commission (ERC). ERC was established under Thailand Energy Industry Act 2007.

ERC has the authority and duties to regulate the electricity industry. However, the

National Energy Policy Committee (NEPC) is still responsible for setting policy for the

industry. Pursuant to the Act, the ministry of energy who is in charge of the

execution of the ACT has the authority and duty to propose policy on industry

operation and industry structure to NEPC and the cabinet respectively.

Thailand Energy Industry Act 2007 is the framework legislation. Its function is only

to outline how the participants in the energy market will be controlled; how the

extent of liberalization will be determined; and creates a regulatory body with duties

and powers. Then, it requires a secondary legislation containing the detail of how the

regulator will work methodology for calculating economic incentives, and detail of

the criteria under which the regulator will make decisions under the Act. The

objective of the act is to promote competition in the energy market and prevent

abusive use of dominance in the energy industry operation.

Nowadays in the year 2013, total capacity of Thai power system generation is

33,231 MW while the peak demand is up to 26,598 MW (May 16, 2013) in the

hottest month of summer.

Thailand also buys and sells or power exchanges with neighboring countries such as

Cambodia, China, Malaysia and Laos via interconnection networks linking across the

borders. This brings about ASEAN Power Grid Projects.

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ASEAN Power Grid (APG)

APG consists of power network projects connect ASEAN countries together. APG aims to include power of all nations in the region for mutual collaborations on allocation and use of energy resources in order to get the best value and to promote the concept of sustainable, efficient and security energy. Moreover, the purpose of APG is ASEAN pushing for equal development on economy to other parts of the world.

ASEAN Power Grid was initiated by ASEAN informal Summit in Malaysia on December 15, 1997. The benefits of APG for ASEAN countries are as follows :-

- an economic advantage to generation and distribution of electricity. - the reliability and security of power systems in ASEAN member countries. - to prepare power exchange in the future. - to reduce the cost of construction of the power plants and / or the cost of the operation between the member countries.

In addition to such those profits, according to the advantage in terms of geographic location of Thailand, Thai government also promotes the policy of supporting Thailand to be ASEAN hub for energy exchange in the region, as well.

Enhancement of EGAT's Transmission System for Future Grid

Interconnections

Electrical power grids are the backbone of all modern infrastructures and they

contribute considerably to the welfare and progress of mankind. A rising demand for

electricity also poses a number of challenges. Therefore, there is not only a need to

improve grid reliability, security, and efficiency but also a demand for grid expansion

and/or interconnection. Within the last few years, there has been much discussion

about the ASEAN grid. It is the idea to interconnect the power grids of the countries

in the ASEAN region as shown in Fig.14. The interconnection would offer several

benefits. It is basically a means to share resources, i.e. providing a path for

transferring electrical power from the source that has generation excess to the sink

that has high electricity demand. Furthermore, this transfer path can be utilized in

time of the emergency. One power grid may encounter insufficient generation due to

severe disturbances, e.g. loss of power stations, or faults on transmission facilities.

In such case, the power support can be provided from neighboring countries through

the interconnection in a timely manner. This significantly prevents an unpleasant

large-scale blackout that would result in tremendous outage cost, damages and

negative impacts to the economy. Consequently, the interconnection would be of

great benefits as a means to enhance the reliability of the ASEAN‘s power system as

a whole. Usually, the interconnection can be implemented through either an Ultra

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High Voltage transmission (UHV) or High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC), depending

upon geographical distances, utilities‘ affordability, and strength of the power grid.

Both allow bulk power transmission over a long distance.

It is important that transmission system of the countries within the interconnection

should be enhanced and upgraded to provide a secure and reliable path for the

power transfer during both normal as well as abnormal operating conditions.

Otherwise, the benefits of the interconnection would not be gained. Thailand has

been consistently working on improving its power grid. Electricity Generating

Authority of Thailand, (EGAT), has put a great effort to increase the service

continuity and system reliability to a level that the grid could serve as a strong and

reliable path for the interconnection. As is known, one of the key elements in the

transmission system is a high-voltage substation. It serves as a place for switching

grid configurations, changing the voltage level, controlling the power flow, etc. The

reliability of the high-voltage substation, hence, has a strong impact on the power

system reliability as a whole.

Several new technologies have been introduced and employed to strengthen the

transmission system. One of them is the Gas insulated substation, i.e. GIS

technology, that is used to enhance the reliability and performance of the

transmission system as well as reduce the public and environmental impacts.

Fig. 14 : ASEAN Grid Interconnections

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The first GIS was introduced to EGAT‘s transmission system in 1988 at Phatthalung

substation as shown in Fig.15. The substation is of 230 kV double-bus single breaker

bus scheme, having the total of 6 bays, i.e. 1 bay for a 230/115kV power

transformer, 4 bays for the 230 kV lines, and 1 bay for bus coupler. The only

disadvantage of the GIS at that time was its high initial investment, particularly when

compared to the conventional substation. Nevertheless, the situation has changed

dramatically from the past. There have been more environmental concerns where

employing a large area for constructing a conventional substation is no longer

acceptable. Also it has been witnessed a rising demand for more reliable

transmission system, and better service continuity as the electricity became a

fundamental need for living and a key factor pushing forward the economy and the

growth of the country.

With more and more demand for GIS used for enhancing the system reliability, GIS

has become more competitive due to higher demand, more competition, and

operational efficiencies. The GIS technology itself, and related standards have been

evolving and greatly improved.

Fig. 15 : First EGAT‘s GIS at Phatthalung Substation

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Nowadays, the availability of the land simply poses a strict constraint to construct a

conventional substation. From the required space perspective, it is more reasonable

to construct GIS for a high voltage substation with the voltage level of 500 kV and

above. The GIS can significantly reduce the substation footprint more than 50% for

a 500kV substation. Another prominent feature of the GIS is its high reliability. This

could be expected due to the fact that almost all electrical equipment, e.g. a busbar,

power circuit breaker, disconnecting switch, is in a hermetically sealed gas tank that

absolutely protects them from environment, pollution and any threats. In addition,

EGAT nowadays is using only indoor GIS. Therefore, the failure rate of the

equipment is comparatively low. Of course, lower failure rate, higher reliability and

better service continuity.

More and more GIS could be expected in the near future for all voltage levels

including HV and UHV. The GIS together with other advanced technologies, can

ensure that the transmission system is well enhanced, reliable and create new

possibility for the future grid interconnection.

Present Interest Technologies - Toward the Future of Thailand Power Grid

Under Smart Grid

Thailand power grid is moving toward the concept of smart grid as to deal with an

aging transmission system, an increasing electricity demand, and various

environmental issues. It is developing its own National Smart Grid Development

Master Plan for the country. The main government unit, responsible for the smart

grid roadmap, is Energy Policy and Planning Office (EPPO) of the Ministry of Energy.

Under the Thailand Smart Grid Subcommittee, there are three authorities, namely

EGAT, MEA and PEA working on their own smart grid road map. The vision for future

power grid is based on five strategies: security, sufficiency, efficiency, awareness,

and competitiveness.

The first strategy aims to improve power reliability and quality in order to

develop sufficient electricity generation for the continuity of electricity supply with

the high stability of voltage and current. This includes the support of interconnection

of Renewable Energy (RE) generation or Distributed Generation (DG). The reliability

and quality of power system becomes the criteria for evaluating the performance of

the utility, i.e., SAIDI and SAIFI.

Toward the sufficiency, the roadmap has the objective of the sustainable energy

and energy efficiency. The sustainability involves the renewable energy sources

(RES) such as wind, solar, or biomass. These new sources of energy to replace the

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scarce fossil fuel help reduce a greenhouse gas, and also contribute to the transition

to low-carbon economy and the development of micro-grid. With the energy

efficiency development, the manufacturers can reduce their operating cost. The

energy efficiency can be realized via the application of real time pricing (RTP).

Regarding the efficiency, the objectives are not only to improve the quality of

service but also to provide new services. Utility can enhance both operation and

service through RTP by utilizing the smart meter; however, utility needs consumer

participation.

For the strategy on awareness, it aims to achieve the enhancement of operation

and service. Then, the standards that are accountable for the integration and

interoperability of equipment in power system must be adopted. The information and

communications technology (ICT) will be the key for this integration in smart grid.

The standards are needed for interconnection among a huge amount of new

equipment such as the smart meters or the RES connections to the grid that require

a simple and rapid interaction. The communication can be accomplished among

control center, transmission section, and distribution section. This integration and

interoperability can be realized on two platforms: ICT platform and

electricity/operation platform.

The development of smart grid will directly influence the economy and industry. In

particular, the last strategy on the smart grid development aims to increase the

economic and industrial competitiveness in Thailand. The smart grid is expected to

provide the competitiveness by expanding nationwide investment and the

opportunity for new business such as electric vehicle (EV).

Overall, the strategies brought by EPPO and all stakeholders are modeled by the

study and investment of smart grid in various countries. The smart grid has been

developed to move toward the sufficient and sustainable power system with high

quality of service for the optimum benefit of country.

Energy Policies Relevant to Smart Grid

According to Thailand energy policy, the energy sector is expected to generate

income for the country. The investment in energy infrastructure will be increased to

make Thailand a regional center for the energy business. To be more diversified, the

new sources of energy will be explored in Thailand with the support through

production, use, research, and development of renewable and alternative energy

sources. Within the next decade, 25% of the energy generated by fossil

fuels must be replaced. Energy conservation will be promoted by the use of

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energy efficient equipment and buildings as well as by raising the consumer

awareness to use energy efficiently. To reach the successful development of these

goals, Thailand has drawn up three major energy-related national development

plans: Power Development Plan (PDP), Renewable and Alternative Energy

Development Plan for 25% in 10 years, and 20-Year Energy Efficiency Development

Plan.

Thailand‘s PDP is a 20-year investment plan, revised about once every two years,

specifying the timeline of adding new power plants and transmission lines to the

power grid. EGAT draws a PDP reviewed by the Ministry of Energy and approved by

the National Energy Policy Council, then by the Cabinet. After the approval of its

PDP, EGAT then undertakes to develop and expand the power system according to

the plan. According to Thailand‘s PDP2010: Revision 3 – June 2012 (effective 2012 –

2030), by the end of 2030, the grand total power capacity will be about 70,686 MW.

With the total projected capacity of about 14,580 MW in PDP, renewable energy will

become a major energy source.

Renewable and alternative energy development plan (AEDP) for 25% in 10 years (by

2021) was established by the Ministry of Energy with the objective to capably

develop renewable energy as one of the country‘s major energy sources. The plan

aims to strengthen the energy security of the country by reducing the future use of

fossil fuel and oil import. Although this plan will not tackle the natural gas vehicles in

the transport sector, the plan will attempt to create the green communities, to

support the domestic renewable energy technology production industry, and to

research, develop and promote Thailand‘s renewable energy technology for

competitive capability in the international market.

Another plan to raise consumer‘s awareness on using energy efficiently is 20-year

energy efficiency development Plan (EEDP) (2011-2030).The plan has been

developed by the Ministry of Energy to provide framework and guidelines on energy

conservation implementation in long term. The plan has a target of reducing energy

intensity by 25% in 2030, compared with that in 2005. The main objectives of EEDP

are to set the energy conservation targets in both the short term (5 years) and long

term (20 years), to lay down strategies and guidelines promoting energy

conservation to achieve the set targets, and to lay down measures and work plans to

serve as the framework for concerned agencies to organize their action plans for

energy conservation promotion.

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Smart Grid Stakeholders in Thailand

The significant stakeholders for developing smart grid in Thailand include

government, local utilities, regulators, equipment manufacturers, appliance

manufacturers and customers. The country‘s master plan and other supporting

policies will be the responsibility of the national policy makers which is the EPPO

while the Energy Regulatory Commission is in charge as a regulator in Thailand to

set the regular framework, implementation guidelines and standardization. To ensure

the Smart Grid is in line with the national master plan and regulatory framework, the

utility companies must cooperate with each other, government and regulators. The

development of master plan is responsible by Smart Grid Working Group consisting

of EPPO, EGAT, PEA and MEA.

Energy Policy and Planning Office (EPPO) is a key government agency under

the Ministry of Energy, with tasks to develop national energy policies and planning,

and to manage and minister the energy sector. The energy policy is issued in

according with the observation of problems in energy market and the structure of

key drivers to encounter those problems. The policy plan developed by EPPO for

smart grid development consists of short term, medium term and long term. The

short term policy deal with the establishing the strategy and roadmap together with

the action plan for government, utilities and vendors. In the medium term, the

research and development pilot project will be in action whose key stakeholders

involve NGO and academic sector. Finally, the long term policy will engage the fully

deployment of smart grid for the whole country.

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Fig. 16 : Smart Grid and Its Structure

The vision for future power grid is based on five strategies: power reliability

and quality, energy sustainability and efficiency, utility operation and service,

integration and interoperability, and economic and industrial competitiveness.

The first strategy is to improve power reliability and quality. Three authorities,

namely EGAT, MEA and PEA together with EPPO work closely on the smart grid road

map with the goal to develop sufficient electricity generation for the continuity of

electricity supply with the high stability of voltage and current. The reliability and

quality of power system becomes the criteria for evaluating the performance of the

utility.

Toward the sustainable energy and energy efficiency, the roadmap involves

renewable energy sources (RES) such as wind, solar, or biomass. These new sources

of energy to replace the scarce fossil fuel help reduce a greenhouse gas. Besides

energy sustainability, the energy efficiency can be realized via the application of real

time pricing (RTS).

The utility can enhance both its operation and service through RTS, which also

needs consumer participation. For instance, the use of smart meters can promote

the efficient use of the electricity that can help the utility to provide better service

and to improve the operation work.

To achieve the enhancement of operation and service, the standards that are

accountable for the integration and interoperability of equipment in power

system must be adopted. The information and communications technology (ICT) will

be the key for this integration in smart grid. The standards are needed for

interconnection among a huge amount of new equipment such as the smart meters

or the RES connections to the grid that require a simple and rapid interaction. The

communication can be accomplished among control center, transmission section,

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and distribution section. This integration and interoperability can be realized on two

platforms: ICT platform and electricity/operation platform.

The development of smart grid will directly influence the economy and industry. In

particular, the smart grid is expected to increase the economic and industrial

competitiveness in Thailand by expanding nationwide investment and the

opportunity for new business such as electric vehicle (EV).

Overall, the strategies brought by EPPO and all stakeholders are modeled by the

study and investment of smart grid in various countries. The smart grid has been

developed to move toward the sufficient and sustainable power system with high

quality of service for the optimum benefit of country.

EGAT, currently a state enterprise under the Ministry of Energy, proposed

EGAT Smart Grid roadmap to the Smart Grid Working Group on November 20, 2012.

The components in their roadmap are Smarter Grid, Green Grid and

Sustainable Grid. The targets have been set for each Smart Grid component over

the period of 2013 to 2032: phase 1 from 2013 to 2017, a foundation and framework

development; phase 2 from 2018 to 2022, backbone implementation; phase 3 from

2023 to 2027, a deployment and assessment; and phase 4 from 2028 to 2032, full

scale integration.

One of main strategies for developing EGAT Smart Grid is to apply smart grid

technologies for enhancing ASEAN Power Grid. Nowadays Thailand has energy

cooperation with neighboring countries in ASEAN. Therefore, to increase the

Economic Value Added (EVA) of this energy cooperation, the optimization of using

the sustainable/renewable energy resources in the region should be taken into

account by interconnecting the transmission system between Thailand and the

neighboring countries. However, from a technical point of view, the transmission

links between ASEAN countries will be cause of a large-scale interconnected power

system, which can lead to a complication in the system operation and control.

Consequently, some smart grid technologies, e.g. Wide Area Monitoring Protection

and Control (WAMPAC), High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC), should be employed to

facilitate the system operation.

PEA, a government enterprise under the Ministry of Interior, proposed their

Smart Grids concept, which envisions that PEA Smart Grids will lead to Smart

Energy concerning the efficient use and generation of energy, Smart Life involving

the improvement of quality of life and Smart Community referring to the

intelligent and green community in the future. PEA Smart Grid has three stages:

stage 1 from 2012 to 2016, a planning and pilot project; stage 2 from 2017 to 2021,

a large scale expansion; and stage 3 from 2022 to 2026, an optimal stage. In the

stage 1, PEA aims to transfer the conventional grid to Smart Grid to be more stable,

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smart, and secure in a particular area as a pilot project for future development in

other areas. Furthermore, in this stage, there will be several projects such as

advanced metering infrastructure development project, micro-grid development

project and power system improvement plan for very small power producer of

renewable energy.

MEA, a government enterprise under the Ministry of Interior, presented their

Smart Grid roadmap with three themes: Power System, Services and Energy

Saving and Renewable Energy. The objectives for power system theme are to

provide reliable service, to operate efficiently and economically, and to have security.

For the services, the objectives are to gain more service opportunity and to provide

more interaction between MEA and customers. For energy saving and renewable

energy, the objectives are to provide infrastructure to integrate renewable resources,

to promote energy efficiency, and to research and support the integration of EV and

the integration of energy storage. MEA Smart Grid plan was proposed with four

stages: stage 1 from 2012 to 2014, an initiation; stage 2 from 2015 to 2018,

integration; stage 3 from 2019 to 2021, a deployment; and stage 4 from 2022 to

2051, an ultimate stage.

ERC holds its main responsibility in three areas: collaboration, standardization,

and regulation. The first duty is to collaborate with EPPO, MEA, PEA and EGAT in

order to achieve the Smart Grid national roadmap. Another responsibility is to

establish the standardization on the communication platform and the operation

control center. This obligation is to ensure the interoperability and interconnectivity

of supply, operation and demand of electricity. The supply side includes power

plants, IPP, SPP and VSPP while the operation side includes EGAT, PEA and MEA.

The demand side refers to consumers. The regulation of ERC involves the

sponsorship of the research and development such as the energy efficiency project

in order to guide the pricing policy and to provide information for real-time pricing

(RTP). RTP will be the incentive for the consumer to realize the consumer

participation in energy conservation.

Not only Smart Grid projects, Thailand also promotes development on Renewable

Energy in each part of the country.

Renewable Energy Projects in Thailand

1. Current projects (complete and running already) :- a) Solar 3,221.1186 MW b) Wind 116.246 MW c) Hydro 7.64 MW d) Biomass 3,258.083 MW

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e) Biogas 328.084 MW f) Garbage 206.657 MW Total 7,137.8286 MW

Fig. 17 : Renewable Energy

2. Future projects which corresponding to the plan of MoE (2012 - 2021) a) Solar 1,806.4 MW b) Wind 1,774.3 MW c) Hydro (Inland & Import) 3,061.4 MW d) Biomass 2,378.7 MW e) Biogas 22.1 MW f) Garbage 334.5 MW Total 9,377.4 MW

Other Smart Technologies of Thai Power Sectors As the power distributors, MEA and PEA have been implementing some modern

technologies for electrification to serve the metropolitan and all people in remote

areas including also to receive power from Renewable Energy sources which

scattering across the country. While those implementations led to many present and

future projects such as Underground Cable, Smart Substation, Submarine Cable and

Smart Metering, etc.

MEA’s Technologies for Electrification

Underground Cable

The Project was developed, in 2002, by mutual collaborations among Metropolitan

Electricity Authority (MEA), Tokyo Electric Power Services Co., Ltd. (TEPSCO), Japan,

Electricit de France (EDF), France and TEAM Consulting Engineering and

Management Co., Ltd. (TEAM), Thailand.

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Fig. 18 : Route of Underground Cable

Background of Project

Chidlom Terminal Station is one of the key power substation of MEA. Its location is

situated in the heart of Bangkok Metropolitan area. The station is equipped with 230

kV and 69 kV Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS), and 3x250 MVA, 230/69 kV

transformers, for over twenty years ago. This station has been supplied by 230 kV

transmission line, two (2) circuits from Bangkapi Terminal Station of Electricity

Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) with about 7 km distance. The transmission

lines are power cable oil-filled type, directly buried along the current right-of-way of

the eastern railroad (Bangkok-Aranyaprathet) and the two other streets. Since the

transmission lines which are power cable type had been in service for a long time

and have undergone to series of repair and maintenance, mainly due to oil leakage.

These are falling in poor and unreliable conditions for supply a huge power to

Chidlom Terminal Station. It is, therefore, needed to be changed, then a feasibility

study had been made by the MEA. The MEA‘s study report had concluded that the

new power cable transmission line route Bangkapi-Chidlom Terminal Station should

be replaced and will be installed in a tunnel with 2.62 m inside diameter. The tunnel

route will be (now during construction as illustrated pictures) changed to run mainly

beneath of the San Sab canal as fig.18.

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Fig. 19 : Characteristics of Underground Cable

Highlight of Project

Generally, the construction of a 230 kV transmission line, overhead type will require a right-of-way (ROW) width of 40 meters. The ROW 40 meters width of land between Bangkapi-Chidlom will be appropriated, if transmission line by overhead type is selected. This directly impacts seriously to the environment. It is so MEA had selected the construction method to underground by tunnel type instead.

Fig. 20 : Underground Cable and Tunnel Profile

The tunnel is designed to accommodate high voltage power cable, 2,500 mm2 PPL oil-filled, two (2) circuits of 230 kV about 7 km of length. It is approximately 30 m in depth and 2.62 m inside diameter. The drilling for tunnel construction has used shield tunnelling. There are 10 shafts with varies distance 370-1,050 m apart. The project is also to design a cooling plant building with water cooling pipes along the

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power cables that to reduce heat dissipation. The project was now completed with approximate cost of 5,000 million THB and it is the pride of MEA.

Moreover, in order to support Bangkok for being a big modern city of Asean Economics Community (AEC), during the year 2008-2022, MEA has been implementing the plans to replace overhead distribution lines by underground cables for 15 more projects with 90.6 kilometers in total distance and around 130,000 million THB of the whole costs.

MEA Smart Substation Pilot Project

In October 2010, MEA and Precise Company signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to setup a Smart Substation (SS) Pilot Project. This project was aimed to be a learning and testing site for advance smart grid infrastructure system which comprises :- • Location Bangpla Substation, Bangplee, Samutprakarn • Substation 115kV AIS Switchyard & 24kV Switchgear • Distribution Overhead Line • Validity April 20, 2014

Fig. 21 : Scheme of the Project

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Main operation of the project is combination of 4 sub-systems. They are Substation Automation (SA), Feeder Automation (FA), Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and Smart Substation Management (SSM). Those sub-systems have various characteristics, as follows :- 1. Substation Automation • IEC61850 Architecture down to Process Level • Multi-Vendor Integration 2. Feeder Automation • IEC61850 Architecture • Integrated to the Substation Automation, directly to Station Bus 3. Advanced Metering Infrastructure • DLMS/COSEM standard for meters communication • PCL 4. Smart Substation Management • CIM Integration Bus System • IEC 61968 • IEC 61970 • Smart Substation Application • Quality monitoring • Analytic functions (Performance & Lose) • Web SCADA Application

This is the brief about the pilot project of MEA Smart Substation. MEA will expand to

other SS projects if this case study will be fruitful and benefits the whole power

system of MEA.

PEA’s Technologies for Electrification

Submarine Cable Distribution - Extension to Islands in PEA Service Area

Background

The Thai Government and the Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) have the mutual

policy in accelerating the provision of electricity services to all villages throughout the

country. To fulfill this policy, the Islands Electrification Project was then established

and the submarine cable approach was more suitable than any other approaches in

the Study.

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Submarine Cable Extension

Fig. 22 : Characteristics of Submarine Cable

There are about 700 islands throughout Thailand and 60 islands are the islands that

have residents and have been already registered to be village according to notice of

the Ministry of Interior.

Nowadays, PEA has already extended 27 submarine cable circuits to 25 islands and

will complete 6 islands that Cabinet has already approved. Moreover, PEA has

planned to develop and extend the Submarine Cable to the rest of islands in

Thailand continuously.

Fig. 23 : PEA First Submarine Cable

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Existing Submarine Cables to Islands:

Name of Islands

Province Voltage (kV)

Distance (km)

Commis sioning Year

Name of Islands Province Voltage (kV)

Distance (km)

Commis-sioning Year

Submarine Cable 3x70 mm

1. Mook Trang 33 7 2012 3. Libong Trang 33 5 2012

2. Sukorn Trang 33 5 2012

Submarine Cable 3x120 mm

1. Samet Rayong 22 5 2002 7. Yao Noi Phang Nga

33 12 2002

2. Tanyong-Uma

Satun 33 1 2002 8. KhoKhao Phang Nga

33 0.6 2002

3. Yaratode Noi

Satun 33 1 2002 9. Srichang Chonburi 22 10 2009

4. Yaratode Yai

Satun 33 2 2002 10. Lan Chonburi 22 8 2009

5. Klang Krabi 33 1 2002 11. Puyu Satun 33 5 2009

6. Yao Yai Phang Nga 33 1 2002 12. Yao Satun 33 4 2009

Submarine Cable 3x185 mm

1. Samui Suratthani 33 24 1987 6. Lanta Yai Krabi 33 0.75 2009

2. Chang Trat 22 6 1994 7. Sriboya Krabi 33 1 2009

3. Samui Suratthani 115 24 1996 8. Poo Krabi 33 2 2009

4. Pha-Ngan

Suratthani 33 15 1996 9. PP Don Krabi 33 24 2009

5. Lanta Noi Krabi 33 1.75 2009 10. Chang Trat 115 9 2010

Submarine Cable 3x240 mm Submarine Cable 3x500 mm

1. Samui Suratthani 115 24 2007 1. Samui Suratthani

115 54 2013

Remark: There are many Manufacturer including NKT Cables: Denmark, Showa: Japan, Alcatel Cables: France, Nexans: Norway, Exim: Japan, Draka: Shanghai Optic Fibre Cable

Future Projects

The Cabinet has already approved 6 islands as follows:

Name of

Islands

Province Status Name of

Islands

Province Status

1. Maphrao Phuket Environmental Issue

4. Kud

Trat

Contract signed

2. Naka Yai

Phuket

Environmental

Issue

5. Mak

Trat

Contract signed

3. Phra Thong

Phang-Nga

Environmental

Issue

6. Pha-Ngan

Surat Thani

Bid Evaluation

Meter in PEA Service Area

Background

The Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA)‘s primary responsibilities include generation, procurement, distribution and sale of electricity to the public, business and industrial

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sectors in 74 provinces, over a nationwide area of 510,000 square kilometers or 99.4% of Thailand, with the exception of Bangkok, Nonthaburi and samut Prakarn provinces. Presently, Customer of PEA has approximately 16,000,000 million that mostly use Electromechanical Meter for measuring power units.

Fig. 24 : PEA‘s Smart Metering

AMR Projects

In 2003, Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) project is established by PEA‘s long-term marketing strategy to improve customer services by reading real time of customer‘s electricity usage. PEA has installed meters for large business customers who use electricity in excess of 30 kW and customer who install transformer in excess of 100 kVA. The project is divided into two phases as following:

Phase I: 2007-2009 about 35,940 AMR meters installation.

Phase II: 2010-2014 about 50,000 AMR meters installation.

AMR system employs the General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) and Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) technology to collect and store all user‘s meter readings data in a central server. AMR system automatically collects data from electric metering devices and transferring them to responsible billing units, thus, eliminating staff‘s trips for on-site meter reading. It provides fast and accurate reading of individual user‘s energy consumption to be displayed via Web Application. Individual users can monitor their energy consumption on a real-time basis via Internet connection at all time. They can better manage their energy consumption by collecting their load profile and comparing their consumption patterns over a determined period of time. PEA can

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immediately indentify troubles with user‘s meters and utilize user‘s load profile data for analyzing and planning of its future electrical power distribution and marketing strategies.

AMI Project

However, trends in international metering development move forward to AMI system (Advanced Metering Infrastructure), which not only will be able to read electrical units on a real time and the various automatic features, but also can support the key business functionality and the other services. Then, PEA has planned for AMI Projects by dividing into two stages.

1st stage : The pilot project from 2014 to 2015

2nd stage: The Large scale expansion to municipalities in PEA Service area

The 1st stage; Smart Grid in Pattaya City, Chonburi Province Project is selected to be a Pilot Project for the preparation of AMI system for other cities in the future. It will test and evaluate new application necessary function and also integrate all new technologies related to smart grid. The AMI system in Pattaya city will be installed about 116,308 Meters at all PEA‘s customers in Pattaya City area except the area where Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) is installed. The Smart meters are used for the customer representatives including residents, office buildings, hotels, businesses and factories.

TNC’s Activities as a Member of AORC-CIGRE and Contribution to CIGRE (2011-2014)

As one member of AORC and CIGRE Central Office, TNC-CIGRE always supports and gives contributions to CIGRE for both in Asia-Oceania region and other parts, for example, the following highlights during the year 2011-2014 :- As the roles of AORC Chairmanship (Sep. 2012 – Aug.2014) Chairman of TNC (Dr. Norkun SITTHIPHONG) was elected by AORC Administrative Meeting 2012 in Paris to chair AORC for the term of 2012-2014. During his Chairmanship, with good cooperation of member countries, it‘s the prides of TNC and AORC for the great success period of us, particularly in 3 mainly key performances, i.e. :-

1) Campaign for new members of AORC We can say that AORC had made the record of this performance due to in the year 2014, AORC welcomed 6 new members (besides the former 9 member countries

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since last 10 years ago – Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand and Thailand), those new comers are :-

- 2 Regular Members : Iran NC and Jordan NC

- 4 Observer Members : Electricité du Cambodge (EDC), Hong Kong Institute of Engineering (HKIE), Moxa Co. (Taiwan) and Companhia de Electricidade de Macau (CEM)

So in the year 2014, AORC can expand collaborations worldwide in the region, from the East and Islands of Tropical Pacific Ocean to the Middle East. Currently, AORC has total number of 15 members i.e. 11 Regular Members (11 NCs) and 4 Observer Members (organizations from nations which no NC or from Special Administrative Region – SAR). Moreover, we have the expected new comers to be invited for joining AORC as Regular Members i.e. GCC CIGRE (Gulf Cooperation Council - Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates - UAE) and upcoming of reborn Vietnam NC.

2) Challenge of initiating a big change on AORC Constitution

AORC Administrative Meeting, May 27, 2014 in Tokyo, Japan, had adopted the great amendment on the Constitution for the main objective that AORC could be able to accept formal Observer Members by defining the differences of characteristics, roles, and numbers between Regular and Observer members added into the statute.

3) Compile AORC History Book During the year 2012-2014, TNC has been the center to compile AORC History Book from former 9 member countries while the final first draft was completed and proposed to AORC Administrative Meeting 2014, Paris for adoption and publishing.

The common contents of chapters in the book which belonged to each member country, comprised :-

- Country Profile - Electricity System Profile (included new technologies of power

sector) - Activities / contributions to AORC and to CIGRE

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TNC’s Administrative Tasks 1. Organizing of AORC-CIGRE Meeting 2011 during Oct.25-28, 2011 at Le Meridian

Hotel, Chiang Mai, Thailand. Results of the meeting and continuous tasks were as follows :-

a) AORC Administrative Meeting on Oct. 25, 2012, also, by 6 member countries i.e. Australia, China, Japan, Korea, Malaysia and Thailand with 1 observer from Hong Kong.

Fig. 25 : AORC-CIGRE Technical Meeting 2011, Thailand

b) AORC Technical Meeting, during October 26-28, consisted of :- a. 43 paper presentations (accepted out of 61) b. 7 special talks c. 1 panel discussion d. 3 groups of technical visits e. around 200 participants from 17 countries (while 302 persons

registered but due to the big flood in Thailand during such period of time, so there were quite many missing participants).

c) published of the meeting results entitled ―AORC-CIGRE Meeting 2011, a Great Success in Thailand‖ in Life of Association of Electra Journal for February 2012 version.

2. That‘s the first time in 2012, TNC had developed its website of www.cigre-thailand.org which already linked to CIGRE URL.

3. Supported and coordinated for 14 participants to attend AORC-CIGRE Meeting 2012 in Malaysia which organized during May 2 – 4, 2012.

4. Supported and coordinated for 41 participants to join CIGRE Session 2012 in Paris.

5. Co-organizer with CNC for AORC-CIGRE Administrative &Technical Meeting 2013 during Sep.2-5, 2013 at Guangzhou, China.

6. Formed AORC Task Force to correct Constitution and to draft AORC History Book. 7. Year 2013 is the first time of TNC to nominate representatives in order to fulfill

total 16 Study Committees (for the term of 2014-2016), this makes the history record. While CIGRE approved all of those 16 SC members (3 Regular Members and 13 Observer Members).

8. Also in the year 2012-2014, TNC made the record of recruiting new members, obtained 235 % more than in the year 2011 due to a big campaign. While all the membership fees were remitted to CIGRE CO without any plus on overhead charge.

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9. Organized and sponsored the meeting of JWG A2-D1/47 during Dec.2-4, 2013 in Bangkok, Thailand.

10. Co-organizer with JNC for AORC-CIGRE Administrative &Technical Meeting 2014 during May 27-29, 2014 at Tokyo, Japan.

11. Supported around 50 participants from TNC to join CIGRE Session 2014, Paris.

TNC’s Technical Tasks

1. AORC Committee from 5 countries (CNC, JNC, KNC, MNC and TNC) had selected 13 papers out of 43, which presented in AORC-CIGRE Technical Meeting 2011, and then contributed to e-CIGRE.

2. Submitted 5 papers (4 by EGAT and 1 by MEA) to join AORC-CIGRE Meeting 2012 in Malaysia which organized by MNC during May 2 – 4, 2012, and all of such five were accepted.

3. Final meeting of CIGRE WG C4.501: Numerical Electromagnetic Analysis and its Application to Surge Phenomena, during March 24-27, 2012 at Krabi Heritage, Thailand, by 8 experts from China (1), Japan (4), Korea (1), Switzerland (1) and Thailand (1) to draft Technical Brochure and will then close the WG. While the technical document (TB 543) had been contributed to CIGRE Central Office in June 2013.

4. All 4 synopses (TNC Allotment 1, Additional Allotment3) were accepted for CIGRE Session 2012

5. Supported 4 members (EGAT 1, MEA 3) to join AORC Panel B5, chaired by CNC.

6. Organized in-house Smart Grid Seminar during Feb.14-15, 2013 by experts from UK, ABB and Siemens were guest speakers.

7. Submitted 1 paper and 5 persons to attend CIGRE Symposium 2013, (Sep.16-17), New Zealand.

8. Submitted 8 abstracts (all was accepted) for AORC-CIGRE Technical Meeting 2013 (Sep.2-5), China. Also supported 26 participants to join the meeting. Not only those 8 papers presenters in technical sessions, TNC also supported 2 special speakers for Keynote Speech and Plenary Session including 3 members for being Chairpersons of 3 technical sessions and 1 Panel Discussion for this event.

9. Submitted 3 full papers (all was accepted) to join International Symposium of High Voltage Engineers 2013 (Aug.25-30), South Korea.

10. Submitted 15 synopses (TNC Allotment 1, Additional Allotment 13) for CIGRE Session 2014. This many numbers of synopses also made the history record due to it‘s the maximum submission since TNC has been built up. While 6 papers were accepted to be presented in the Conference.

11. Special presentations on ―DGA and Transformers‖ on November 29, 2013, by experts from CIGRE JWG A2-D1/47 were special speakers.

12. Submitted 32 abstracts (twenty were accepted for Oral Sessions and other twelve for Poster Sessions) for AORC-CIGRE Technical Meeting 2014 (May 27-29), Japan. We supported around 40 participants to join the meeting. Also provided 2 special speakers for Keynote Speech and Plenary Session.

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13. TNC Technical Seminar on ―Future of Renewable Energy and Smart Grid Technologies‖ on June 20, 2014 with very good collaborations from JNC (by Hitachi Company) to provide 4 speakers and also there was a guest speaker from Bender Co., Germany.

Fig. 26 : TNC‘s Seminar, 20th June 2014

14. Helps on completing Technical Brochure 570 (Switching Phenomena for EHV and UHV Equipment) of WG A3.28 by the use of data from transmission network of Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) and also assisting in analysis & interpretation for such document.

15. TNC members applied to work for many Working Groups of CIGRE i.e. WG A2.3, WG A3.28, WG B3.31, WG B3.32, WG B5.43, WG C4.37 and JWG D1/A2.47 etc.

16. TNC Chairman (on behalf of AORC Chair) gave his keynote address in Opening Panel of CIGRE Session 2014 for the topic of ―Economic & Environmental Aspects of Power System Developments within Asia-Oceania Region‖

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Reward which was Granted by CIGRE to TNC

The ―Distinguished Member‖ title is the award that granted by CIGRE to a number of long-standing members who have contributed to the Association through participation in the technical work or within the National Committees. Proposals for nominations are put forward by National Committee Chairmen every two years and are approved by the President of CIGRE. This award was introduced since 1996.

Fig. 27 : Mr. Kraisi KARNASUTA, a former EGAT Governor

While one of TNC-CIGRE members who was granted the award in the year

2006 was Mr. Kraisi KARNASUTA, a former Governor of EGAT. Mr. Kraisi had

contributed and devoted his efforts to serve CIGRE in various duties all along his

working life as top management of EGAT for more than 10 years. Not only being a

Regular Member of Study Committee by himself but he also supported many EGAT

employees to join CIGRE activities and other related events.

Moreover, the two awardees of 2014 Distinguished Member Award are Dr.

Soon KAEWCHANSILP and Mr. Permsak KUANSATIT from Thailand National

Committee of CIGRE.

Imprint : ……………………………

……………………………, Thailand

ISBN : ………………………………….

2014