Vol.

2 Trading Operations in the Philippine WESM

AUGUST 2015
WESM Handbook
A Guide to All Members and Applicants of the
Philippine Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM)

The Philippine Electricity Market Corporation (PEMC) provides this document (the “Document”)
for general information purposes only. The information contained in this Document is correct
to the best of PEMC’s knowledge at the time of publishing but may change over time. The
Document is reviewed and updated from time to time. If you have further inquiries regarding this
Document, please contact PEMC’s Participant Support Section via e-mail at helpdesk@wesm.ph,
or through telephone at (+632) 631.8734 loc. 229/239.

Disclaimer/Waiver:

All information in this document may still be subject to change after final verification by the
PEMC. This publication is meant to provide a timely overview of the trading operations in the
WESM. As such, PEMC does not make any representation or warranties as to the completeness
or accuracy of the information. PEMC, likewise, accepts no responsibility or liability whatsoever,
for any loss or costs incurred by the reader arising from, or in relation to, any contributions or
assumptions derived from the information.

Editorial Team CONTRIBUTORS

Phillip C. Adviento Edwin N. Mosa
Josephine C. Corpuz Arthur P. Pintado
Cerise M. Cabactulan Edward I. Olmedo
Eric Niño U. Louis
Menachem Reykarl B. Loyola
Katrina A. Garcia-Amuyot
Daisy Jane C. Alfafara
Arnesh Y. Inostro
Theresse Joy V. Calo

Layout Artist
Rhlee B. Amojilar

Adviser
Robinson P. Descanzo
Table of contents

WESM Operations 2

Introduction 2

Scheduling and Dispatch in the WESM 2

WESM Timetable 4

During Normal Conditions 7

During Emergency Conditions 7

Sample Cases of Market Interventions 8

Market Suspension 9

Sample Normal Dispatch Process 9

Load Forecasting 10
Introduction 10

Demand Forecasting for Market Projections 11

Demand Forecast for the Real-time Dispatch Runs 12

Operational Market Reports 13

Introduction 13

Procedure 13

Daily Operation Reports 15

Market Participant Interface 17

Scheduling and Pricing 19

 WESM OPERATIONS

INTRODUCTION
• A clear definition and delineation of responsibilities are necessary to ensure the reliable operation of
the grid, especially with the Market Operator (MO) and the System Operator (SO) being two separate
entities.
• As a result, the WESM Manual on the Dispatch Protocol was formulated after rigorous discussions
between MO and SO.
• The Dispatch Protocol

○○ Clearly establishes the WESM Timetable for the execution of specific processes (WESM Rules 3.4.2
and 10.4.8.1)

○○ Establish scheduling and dispatch procedures to be followed in

-- Normal Conditions
-- Emergency Conditions
that should be consistent with the WESM Timetable and features of the MMS

Scheduling and Dispatch in the WESM

• WESM was established as the trading platform of energy transactions.

• WESM was also established as the central platform for the dispatch scheduling of generating facilities.
• SO is still responsible in the dispatch of generating units at real-time.
• MO has the responsibility of forecasting demand, and prepares a Security Constrained Economic
Dispatch (SCED) schedule of generators and loads based on the hourly demand bids and generation
offers.
○○ MO also maintains a Market Network Model (MNM) which shall be used by the Market Dispatch
Optimization Model (MDOM), which shall be able to consider transmission constraints and losses.

Responsibilities in WESM’s Scheduling and Dispatch

The MO, SO, and Trading Participants (TPs) are the three entities involved in the scheduling and dispatch of
generating facilities in WESM

MO Responsibilities in Scheduling and Dispatch

• Maintenance of the MNM in coordination with the SO

• Generation of dispatch schedules using the MDOM
• Transmittal of dispatch schedules to the SO for implementation

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SO Responsibilities in Scheduling and Dispatch

• Submission of overriding constraints to ensure the reliable operation of the grid

○○ Outage Schedule - List of Equipment (e.g. generators, lines, transformers, breakers, etc.) that will be
out of service for a certain defined period.
○○ Contingency List - List of Equipment enlisted for contingency analysis (as per Grid Code: N-1
Contingency Requirement).
○○ Security Limits - List of Generators and Branch Groups that will have its limits overridden for security
purposes (e.g. MRU/testing/commissioning).
○○ Transmission Limits - list of transmission capacities of lines and transformers to be consider in the
scheduling process
• Implementation of the dispatch schedules provided by MO
• Issuance of deviation report to MO (actual vs. schedule)

TP Responsibilities in Scheduling and Dispatch

• Submission of bids and offers to WESM consistent with the WESM Timetable
• Comply to the dispatch instructions of SO

Figure 1. Scheduling and Dispatch in the WESM

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 WESM Timetable

• Trading activities in WESM operate at different time frames

○○ Week Ahead Projection (WAP)
○○ Day Ahead Projection (DAP)
○○ Hour-Ahead or Real-Time Dispatch (RTD)
○○ Real-Time Ex-post (RTX)

WESM Timetable: WAP

• The Week-Ahead Projection (WAP) gives indicative hourly dispatch schedules and spot prices for the
next seven days.
• Its results serve as a guide to the following entities:
○○ Participants when bidding transactions in the market for the next seven days
○○ SO in the determination of the cost impact of planned outages
• It considers the following information, which shall be used by the Market Management System (MMS) to
generate schedules:
WESM timetable: WAP
○○ Demand bids and energy offers from Trading Participants
○○ Demand forecasts
○○ Outage Schedules
○○ Security Limits
○○ Latest available system snapshot
• WAP is isexecuted
• WAP every
executed every day today to produce
produce results for theresults for
next seven the next seven days
days.

Figure 2. WESM Timetable: WAP

Execution of Study Period of WAP at Day D
WAP at Day D
(From D+1 to D+7)

D-1 D D+1 WESM

D+2 D+3timetable:
D+4 D+5 D+6WAP
D+7 D+8 D+9
TRADING DAYS
• WAP
• WAPis
is executed at 0900H
executed at 0900H of each of each
trading day trading day
trAdiNG dAyS
… 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 …

Prior to 0900H, the WAP Results and Analysis

following activities are
made for D+1 to D+7
• Gathering of weather
forecasts
• Preparation of demand
forecasts
• Submission or revision
of bids and offers
Coordination with SO Basic WESM 2014
WAP Execution Publish WAP
Results in WEB
The latest information provided by
SO prior to 0900H shall be used
• System Snapshot
• Outage Schedule
• Security Limit
• Transmission Limit
• Contingency List

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 WESM Timetable: DAP

• The Day-Ahead Projection (DAP) gives indicative hourly dispatch schedules and spot prices covering the
succeeding hours of the day up to the end of the following day.
• It allows the SO to prepare a more accurate contingency plan for the relevant intervals.
• It considers the following information, which shall be used by the Market Management System (MMS) to
generate schedules
○○ Demand bids and energy offers from Trading Participants
○○ Revisions of bids and offers for consideration in the DAP run can be done until a cut-off time
(four hours prior to the trading hour)
○○ Demand forecasts
○○ Outage Schedules
○○ Security Limits

•
WESM timetable: dAP
○○ Latest available system snapshot
DAP is executed every four hours to produce results for the succeeding hours until the end of the
following day.
• DAP is executed every four hours to produce results for the succeeding hours until the end of the
following day Figure 3. WESM Timetable: DAP

trAdiNG dAyS
… 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 …

0400H DAP 0800H DAP 1200H DAP 1600H DAP

DAP Results Analysis DAP Results Analysis Coordination with SO is

Coordination with SO done up until 1 hour after the DAP execution

• The latest information provided by SO prior to each DAP run shall be used
• The latest bids and offers shall be used. Submission or revision of bids and offers relevant to the succeeding hours can
be made prior to the execution of the DAP run.
• Demand forecasts for each of the succeeding hours evaluated by the DAP run should be provided prior to its execution.
Revisions may still be implemented prior to the DAP run

• DAP Study Period

Basic WESM 2014

Table 1. DAP Study Period

DAP Run at Study Horizon

Current Day “D” From To
0400H 0500H of D 2400H of D

0800H 0900H of D 2400H of D

1200H 1300H of D 2400H of D+1

1600H 1700H of D 2400H of D+1

2000H 2100H of D 2400H of D+1

2400H 0100H of D+1 2400H of D+1

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 WESM Timetable: RTD

• The Hour-Ahead or Real-Time Dispatch (RTD) publishes schedules that shall be implemented by SO,
and spot prices that shall be used in the settlement of market transactions.
• The RTD schedules are subject to the final screening of SO before a dispatch instruction is issued to a

•
Trading Participant. WESM timetable: rtd
The dispatch schedule is the target MW loading of all Trading Participants at the end of a trading interval.
• RTD is executed every 55th minute of the hour.
• RTD is executed every 55th minute of the hour
Figure 4. WESM Timetable: RTD

The latest information RTD Execution for Trading Interval HH

provided by SO prior to each Trading Hour HH
RTD run shall be used

Gate Closure for

bids and offers
Trading Interval HH

40 50 00 10 20 30 40 50 0 0 10 20 30 40 50 00 10 20 30 40
HH-2 HH-1 HH HH+1

• Transmit RTD Schedules and Dispatch Implementation for HH

MOT to SO
to meet Target Schedule
• Publish results in WEB

Basic WESM 2014

WESM Timetable: RTX

• The Real-Time Ex-Post (RTX) represents the duration of the trading interval.
• It is not used by the SO in the dispatch implementation since it is merely used for “price discovery”, in

•
WESM timetable: rtX
which its results represent the actual events that transpired for the duration of the trading interval
Its results are used to settle imbalances in the market (schedule vs. actual)
• RTX is executed every 1st minute of the hour
• RTD is executed every 55th minute of the hour
Figure 5. WESM Timetable: RTX

RTX Execution for

The latest information Trading Hour HH
provided by SO prior to each
RTX run shall be used

Trading Interval HH

40 50 00 10 20 30 40 50 0 0 10 20 30 40 50 00 10 20 30 40
HH-2 HH-1 HH HH+1

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During Normal Conditions

Majority of the day-to-day activities in the market fall under the category of normal conditions

Table 2. WESM Tasks During Normal System Conditions

Responsible Group
Activities Procedure in the Dispatch Protocol
MO SO
Bids and Offers Appendix A.1 x

Demand Forecasting Appendix A.2 x

Outage Scheduling Appendix A.3 x

Contingency Planning Appendix A.4 x

Pre-Dispatch Market Projections Appendix A.5 x

Real-Time Dispatch Schedule Appendix A.6 x

Dispatch Implementation Appendix A.7 x

System Status Report Appendix A.8 x

Post Dispatch Report Appendix A.9 x

Market Information Publication Appendix A.10 x

Daily Operational Report Appendix A.11 x x

During Emergency Conditions

• WESM Rules 6.3.1.1 states that an emergency condition is a situation which has an adverse effect on
electricity supply or which poses a significant threat to system security

Table 3. Clasification of Emergency Events

Activities Procedure in the Dispatch Protocol System Operations

Market Failure MMS Failure SO MO
Communication Communication
Medium-term Total system
network network
supply deficiency Collapse
Breakdown Breakdown

Effects of force Computer Grid Islanding or Computer

majeure events systems failure Isolation systems failure

Site-related Multiple forced Site-related

Emergencies Outages Emergencies

Threat to system
Security

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 • WESM Rules 6.3.1.1 states that an emergency condition is a situation which has an adverse effect on
electricity supply or which poses a significant threat to system security

Table 4. WESM Tasks During Emergency System Conditions

Responsible Group
Activities Procedure in the Dispatch Protocol
MO SO
System Emergency and Restoration -- x x

Market Suspension and Intervention Appendix B.2 x

EMS Disaster Recovery Procedures -- x

MMS Disaster Recovery Procedures -- x

Report and Documentation of Events -- x x

Sample Cases of Market Intervention

(06 February 2012: 1200H to 1400H)

Figure 6. Sample Case: Market Intervention

Emergency – Market intervention was declared due to tripping

of several power plants affected by magnitude 6.9 earthquake
in the Visayas Region.

The intervention was initiated by the Visayas

System Operator.

The Market Intervention Report prepared by the National Grid

Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is attached.

(WESM Rules clause 6.3.1.2 (c))

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Market Suspension
(14 July 2010)
Figure 7. Sample Case: Market Suspension

Pursuant thereto and by reason of the power sys-

tem disturbance brought by typhoon “BASYANG”,
the commission has suspended the operations of
the WESM effective on 14 July 2010 at 1200H, as
contained in the notice of Market Suspension is-
sued by this commission which is attached hereto
and made an integral part hereof as Annex A

Sample Normal Dispatch Process

FOR THE 0900H TARGET TRADING INTERVAL (08:01 AM UNTIL 09:00 AM)

Figure 8. Sample Normal Dispatch Process

FOR THE 0900H TARGET TRADING INTERVAL (08:01 AM UNTIL 09:00 AM)

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 LOAD FORECASTING

INTRODUCTION
Forecasting is a process of predicting market condition using historical data. In the WESM, we predict the
energy to be consumed in a certain area for a specific trading interval incorporating historical data, real time
grid system status, weather condition and events.This process is known as Load Forecasting. The provision
of load demand is necessary for the calculation of market prices and dispatch schedules. It is an integral
requirement of the market dispatch optimization model. The WESM Rules provide the calculation of market
projections and real-time schedules which require accurate load demand forecast information. The load
forecasting in the market has three time frames; namely hour-ahead, day-ahead and week-ahead
forecasting.

Hour-Ahead Forecast

The process of forecasting the load energy demand for next top of the hour. It is conducted every hour and
uses the latest real time grid system status, weather condition and events. The Ex-ante (Real-Time Dispatch
or RTD) utilizes this forecast.

Day-Ahead Forecast

The process of forecasting the load energy demand for the next day and is being updated every four hours
to accurately reflect the near real time load energy demand. The Day-Ahead Projection (DAP) utilizes this
forecast.

Week-Ahead Forecast

The process of forecasting the load energy demand for the next seven days. It is being updated daily. The
forecast output is an indicative figure for Market Participant bidding strategy and generator maintenance
scheduling. The Week-Ahead Projection (WAP) utilizes this forecast.

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DEMAND FORECAST FOR MARKET PROJECTIONS

Week-Ahead and Day-Ahead Demand Forecasts

• Hourly Demand Forecasts for each Forecast Area from the current day to the next seven days shall be
determined by the Market Operator using the Similar Day Load Forecast (SDLF) module of the Market
Management System (MMS).

• The Demand Forecasts obtained in the week ahead forecast shall be used as Input Demand Forecasts
to obtain the WAP and the DAP.

• The summation of the Net Load Forecast plus the losses computed for a Forecast Area after the
optimization process in the relevant market run (i.e. WAP or DAP) constitutes the Final Demand
Forecast for that Forecast Area.

Figure 9. SDLF Methodology Load Forecasting

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 DEMAND FORECAST FOR THE REAL-TIME DISPATCH RUNS

Hour-Ahead Forecasts

• Demand Forecasts for the next hour in each Forecast Area shall be determined by the Market Operator
using the Load Predictor (LDP) module of the Market Management System.

• The Demand Forecasts obtained in the hour-ahead forecast shall be used as Input Demand Forecasts to
obtain the Real-Time Dispatch (RTD).

• The summation of the Net Load Forecast plus the losses computed for a Forecast Area after the
optimization process in the relevant RTD run constitutes the Final Demand Forecast for that Forecasted
Area.

Figure 10. LDP Methodology Load Forecasting

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Operational Market Reports

INTRODUCTION

The Market Operator (MO) regularly publishes operational market reports to the public required by the
WESM Rules in accordance with the WESM Timetable. Using a web-based report system, operational
market reports are easily made available online to the trading participants and the general public.

PROCEDURE

Market Participant Interface (MPI)

Registered Trading Participants (TPs) shall have access to the Market Management System (MMS) or
WESM through a Market Participant Interface (MPI). The MPI is connected to the MMS through the world-
wide web. The MPI shall be used by all TPs to bid and retrieve market information from the WESM-MMS.
The MPI may be accessed through: www.mms.wesm.ph

• Information to be Published

○○ System Messages
The System Messages display is the primary link between the Trading Participant and the WESM
Market Operator. The TP is notified of all kinds of system events such as report publication and
availability, market suspension or re-activation, and the like.

System Messages are classified as:

-- Normal: These are generally system-generated messages displayed in GREEN

-- Urgent: Urgent Messages are displayed in BLUE
-- Emergency: Emergency Messages are displayed in RED

○○ Market Status Display

The Market Status Display shows the status of Hourly Energy Markets e.g. if the Market is still Open
or had already Closed.

○○ Market Participant Interface Data

Using MPI, the Trading Participants will be able to access the following information:

-- Market Participant Registration

-- Bids and Offers Data
-- Market and System Advisories
-- Updates on Market Prices, Dispatch and Pre-dispatch schedules
-- Demand Forecasts
-- Real-Time Ex-post (RTX) Prices
-- Market Participant Specific, All Market Participants, and ADHOC Reports
-- Settlement (Prudential Requirements)

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 WESM Website

The WESM website contains technical information on the WESM as well as all recent WESM development
and announcements.

The WESM website is: www.wesm.ph

• Information to be Published

All Market information required to be published by the Market Operator under the WESM rules shall be
made accessible to the WESM members, DOE, ERC and the general public through the WESM website.
Access to the Market information other than the WESM website shall be the responsibility of the parties
concerned.

○○ Systems and Procedures

The following are standard operating procedures that are to be observed during WESM operation:

-- WESM Timetable
-- WESM Operating Procedures during Normal System Condition
-- Emergency Procedures jointly developed by System Operator and Market Operator.
-- Detailed procedures developed by the System Operator in relation tocompetitive tendering
process for Ancillary Services.
-- Dispatch and pricing procedures in the event of load shedding and excess generation developed
in consultation with the System Operator.

○○ Other WESM Reports

The following are the relevant reports that are to be prepared as required by the different provisions
of the WESM rules:

-- Findings and recommendation of the PEM auditor regarding changes in WESM rules consequent
to annual audit, review, check, or otherforms of review.
-- Suspension notice issued to a WESM participant. It shall also be published in a newspaper of
general circulation, as soon as practicable.
-- Revocation of suspension issued to a WESM Participant. It shall also be published in a
newspaper of general circulation, as soon as practicable.

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Operational Market Reports
DAILY OPERATIONS REPORT

The Market Operator shall closely monitor Market Operations on an hourly basis within the trading day.
Likewise, the MO shall record and verify all significant events that are not recorded in the MMS. The MO-
DOR shall be reviewed and approved by the Operations Unit Head.

At the end of every trading day, the Market Operator shall prepare a report containing the summary of its
operations on an hourly basis of the previous day which includes the contents of the Post Dispatch Report.

The following are the daily Operations report being published by the Market Operator:
WESM WEB SITE (https://www.wesm.ph)

• WAP_DAY_LUZON
• WAP_DAY_VISAYAS
• NEXT_DAY_LUZON
• NEXT_DAY_VISAYAS
• PREVIOUS_DAY_LUZON
• PREVIOUS_DAY_VISAYAS
• RTD Marginal Plant
• RTX Marginal Plant

Market Participant Interface (MPI)

• RTD OUTAGE SCHEDULE

• RTX OUTAGE SCHEDULE
• PEN REPORT
• DAP Pmin
• PSM REPORT-Hourly Price Substitution occurrence if any for RTD and RTX

Next Week Summary (NWS)

A summary of the results of WESM´s Week-Ahead Projection (WAP).

The Next Week Summary (NWS) report contains a daily summary of the following results for each of the
trading days included in the relevant WAP workflow run.

1. Demand and Reserve Requirement

2. Market Participant Bids and Offers Summary
3. Energy and Reserve Schedules
4. Market Price Summary

The WAP is executed daily to project the hourly results for the next seven days (e.g. Monday WAP run
contains hourly results from the next day (Tuesday) up to the following Monday).

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 Next Day Summary (NDS)

A summary of the results of WESM´s Day-Ahead Projection (DAP).

The NDS report contains a summary of the following results projected for the following day as obtained in the
relevant DAP workflow run.

1. Demand and Reserve Requirement

2. Market Participant Bids and Offers Summary
3. Energy and Reserve Schedules
4. Market Price Summary

The DAP is executed every four hours to project the hourly results from the next hour of the same day, up
until the end study period of a particular run (some DAP runs end at 2400H of the same day while other DAP
runs end at 2400H of the next day). The following table shows the study periods of the different DAP runs.

Table 5. DAP Runs

DAP RUN FROM TO

0400H 0500H of DAY ´D´ 2400H of DAY ´D´

0800H 0900H of DAY ´D´ 2400H of DAY ´D´

1200H 1300H of DAY ´D´ 2400H of DAY ´D+1´

1600H 1700H of DAY ´D´ 2400H of DAY ´D+1´

2000H 2100H of DAY ´D´ 2400H of DAY ´D+1´

2400H 0100H of DAY ´D+1´ 2400H of DAY ´D+1´

Previous Day Summary

A summary of the results of WESM´s Hour-Ahead or Real-Time Dispatch (RTD) and Real-Time Ex-Post
(RTX)

The Previous Day Summary (PDS) report contains a summary of the following results that transpired
during the previous day involving the RTD and RTX workflows in the market.

1. Demand and Reserve Requirement

2. Market Participant Bids and Offers Summary
3. Energy and Reserve Schedules
4. Market Price Summary

The information contained herein are those obtained at real-time for the RTD and RTX workflows, and it
does not reflect any pricing corrections that may be involved in cases of pricing errors.

The Market Operator regularly publishes market reports to the public that contains a summary of the
market´s results, primarily involving the RTD and RTX.

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Operational Market Reports
Marginal Plants

The Marginal Plant (MP) data presents information on the hourly Marginal Plants and their corresponding
price offers in the market.

The MP is the generating unit or plant whose price offer corresponds to the system marginal price for a given
trading interval.

In an unconstrained system, the market price is set by one MP (i.e., the system marginal price). This price is
adjusted for each node to consider transmission losses and/or congestion costs to come up with a resulting
value called the Locational Marginal Price (LMP).

Where the system is constrained, the relevant flows of electricity are affected as the line limitations arising
from the congestion may impede the supply of cheaper electricity from one area to another. In such cases,
there may be more than one MP setting the marginal price for the different nodes on either side of the
constraint.

Available Market Data in the WESM Website

The following list shows a variety of market information made available to the general public in the WESM
public website.

1. Market Bids and Offers

2. Market Prices and Schedules
3. Ex-ante and Ex-post LWAP
4. Market Re-Run Results
5. Marginal Plants
6. Administered Price
7. HVDC Schedule
8. Net Settlement Surplus
9. Must-Run Unit Generation Price Index
10. Price Substitution Methodology for Congestion
11. Daily PEN-MRR-PSM-AP Summary
12. Final Market Prices

MARKET PARTICIPANT INTERFACE

The results of the Real Time Dispatch (RTD and RTX) shall be published in the Market Participant Interface
(MPI). The following information shall be published (for each Resource of a Trading Participant)
Table 6. RTD & RTX Results Published in the MPI

Information RTD RTX

Actual Energy / Delivered /
Energy Dispatch Target
Consumed
Nodal Price Ex-Ante Price Ex-Post Price
Other system data that will be published includes the following:

• Total energy dispatched

• Total dispatchable load
• Total system losses
• Locational Marginal Prices

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 Publication of Results

The results of the Real Time Dispatch shall be published in accordance with the WESM timetable.

The results of the Real Time Dispatch shall be published in the Market Participant Interface (MPI) and
correspondingly submitted to the System Operator on the following schedules:

Table 7. RTD & RTX Results Schedule in the MPI

Process Study Horizon Execution Frequency

Hourly, at the start of Trading
RTD Results Publication 1 Hour-ahead
Interval
RTX Results Publication 24 Hours of the previous Day 1200H of the following Day

RTD Outage Schedule

The RTD Outage Schedule data presents information on the hourly Outage Schedules for the RTD run for
the 24-hour interval within a trading day.

RTX Outage Schedule

The RTX Outage Schedule data presents information on the hourly Outage Schedules for the RTX run for
the 24-hour interval within a trading day.

PEN Report

The PEN Report data presents information on the summary of all the Pricing Error Notice (PEN) issued
within the trading day.

DAP Pmin

The DAP Pmin data presents information on the computation of the total Pmin of the generators resulted
from the 1600H DAP run of the trading Day. It aims to see whether there shall be a possibility of an over
generation for the next trading day.

PSM Report

The PSM Report data presents information on the hourly price substitution occurrence if any for RTD and
RTX.

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SCHEDULING
OperationalAND
Market
PRICING
Reports

Scheduling and Dispatch upon Establishment of WESM Operations

• WESM was established as the central trading platform for the scheduling, dispatch, and net settlement of
generating facilities and loads in grids with WESM operations.

• The Market Operator (MO), System Operator (SO), and Trading Participants (TPs) are the three entities
involved in the scheduling and dispatch of generating facilities in WESM.

• The SO is responsible for the dispatch of generating units at real-time.

• The MO has the responsibility of forecasting demand and the scheduling of generators and loads
based on hourly generation offers and demand bids through a Security-Constrained Economic Dispatch
(SCED).

○○ The SCED of generators and loads are obtained using WESM’s MDOM, which utilizes the MNM
maintained by the MO. As such, pricing and scheduling calculations are able to consider transmission
losses and constraints.

• TPs are responsible for the following:

○○ Submission of generation offers and/or demand bids.

○○ Comply with the dispatch instructions.

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USEFUL CONTACTS

Philippine Electricity Market Corporation

Participant Support Section
9F Robinsons Equitable Tower, ADB Avenue
Ortigas Center, Pasig City, Philippines 1600
Tel. No.: (+632) 631.8734 loc. 239 / 229 / 220 / 302
Facsimile: (+632) 636.0802 / 634.0985
Email: helpdesk@wesm.ph

Department of Energy
DOE Information Center
Information Technology & Management Services
Energy Center, Merritt Road
Fort Bonifacio, Taguig, Philippines 1201
Tel. No.: (+632) 840.2120
Email: info@doe.gov.ph

National Electrification Administration

57 NEA Building, NIA Road, Government Center
Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines 1001
Tel No.: (+632) 929.1909 local 124
Facsimile: (+632) 929.2171

National Grid Corporation of the Philippines

Quezon Avenue corner BIR Road
Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
Trunk-line (connecting all Departments): (+632) 981.2100

Energy Regulatory Commission

Pacific Center Building, San Miguel Avenue
Ortigas Center, Pasig City, Metro Manila, Philippines 1600
Tel. No.: (+632) 914.5000 local 114
Facsimile: (+632) 631.5816
Email: info@erc.gov.ph