Deep Dive Workshop

Identifying the Enabling Frameworks for Renewable Energy Multilateral Power Trade

Organized by: U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Regional Development Mission for Asia (RDMA), USAID Southeast Asia Smart Power Program (SPP), and ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE)

Wednesday, 5 June 2024

9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (GMT +8) | Auditorium Hall 2


The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Power Grid (APG) represents the most ambitious goal within ASEAN’s Plans of Action for Energy Cooperation. Regional electricity planning studies, such as the ASEAN Interconnection Masterplan Study III (AIMS III), have highlighted the significant benefits of multilateral power trading across the region. These benefits include enhancing regional energy security and resiliency through a diverse supply and demand mix, unlocking the renewable energy potential needed to meet both national and regional decarbonization targets, and maintaining affordable electricity through resource and capability-sharing.

Despite this promise, multilateral power trading in Southeast Asia remains in its early stages. In 2022, bilateral power trade amounted to about 40 TWh (compared to 1,100 TWh of generation), while multilateral power trading was just 0.2 TWh, all stemming from the Lao-Thailand-Malaysia-Singapore Power Integration Project (LTMS-PIP).

This Deep Dive Workshop will explore how multilateral power trade of renewable energy can accelerate the expansion of the APG, provided the technical, regulatory, and commercial requirements of renewable energy power trade are met.

AGENDA


9:00 - 9:05 a.m.

Welcome by Emcee

Maythiwan Kiatgrajai, USAID SPP


9:05 - 9:15 a.m.

Introductory Presentation: Essential Enabling Frameworks for Power Trade of Renewable Energy (RE-MPT)

Status of RE-MPT in ASEAN, Outlook for RE-MPT growth

Nadhilah Shani, Senior Officer, ASEAN Power Grid, ASEAN Centre for Energy


9:15 - 9:45 a.m.

ASEAN’s flagship RE-MPT Arrangement: The Lao-Thailand-Malaysia-Singapore Power Integration Project (LTMS-PIP)

Evolution of the LTMS, MPT Essential elements, Role of RE in the LTMS, Operational considerations, Evolution of the LTMS MPT Essential elements Role of RE in the LTMS Operational considerations Lessons Learned LTMS outlook, Lessons Learned, LTMS outlook

Titiporn Sangpetch, Chief, Power System Connection & Coordination Planning Dept., Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT)


9:45 - 10:30 a.m.

Panel Session: Perspectives from across the Asia-Pacific:

MPT across the Asia-Pacific, Commonalities & differences in MPT motivation/approach, Additional considerations in MPT vs. bilateral power trade, Outlook for RE-MPT

Moderator: Hyunjung Lee, GMS/ASEAN Energy Program Lead, ADB

Panelists:

South Asia: Monali Zeya, Regional and Clean Energy Specialist, USAID India

Central Asia: Bayan Abylkairova, Deputy Chief of Party, USAID Power Central Asia

SE Asia: Jennie Chen, Program Analyst, World Resources Institute


10:30 - 11:00 a.m.

Coffee Break


11:00 - 11:20 a.m.

Institutional & Financial Frameworks for Power Trade of Renewable Energy (RE-MPT)

Establishing a “regional ASEAN power grid coordinator," Institutional arrangements for regional Integrated Resource and Resilience Planning (IRRP), Pooled finance for Feasibility Studies (FS) and Projects of Common Interest (PCI)

Yejin Ha, Economic Affairs Officer, UN ESCAP


11:20 - 11:40 a.m.

Role of Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) in unlocking RE-MPT

Importance of REC Markets, ASEAN REC Landscape, EGAT REC experience, REC Market Drivers, Outlook for Regional REC

Malchutar Kingnet, Head of Renewable Energy Business Section, Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT)


11:40 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Regulatory Frameworks for Power Trade of Renewable Energy (RE-MPT)

Wheeling charges, Grid harmonization, Transmission cost allocation

Nadhilah Shani, Senior Officer, ASEAN Power Grid, ASEAN Centre for Energy

Monika Merdekawati, Senior Officer, Sustainable Renewable, ASEAN Centre for Energy


12:00 - 12:20 p.m.

VRE Firming Strategies for Seamless and Reliable Power Trade of Renewable Energy (RE-MPT)

VRE Integration Needs, Reliability Resource Options, Hybrid facility Outlook

Jaquelin Cochran, Director, Grid Planning and Analysis Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)


12:20 - 12:30 p.m.

Wrap-up and Way Forward

Vongdalone Vongsikeo (Pao), Project Management Specialist – Energy, USAID/Laos

SPEAKERS

Maythiwan Kiatgrajai

Maythiwan Kiatgrajai

Manager, Utility Modernization, USAID Southeast Asia Smart Power Program

Nadhilah Shani

Nadhilah Shani

Senior Officer, ASEAN Power Grid, ASEAN Centre for Energy

Monika Merdekawati

Monika Merdekawati

Senior Research Analyst, ASEAN Centre for Energy

Titiporn Sangpetch

Titiporn Sangpetch

Chief, Power System Connection & Coordination Planning Dept., Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT)

Hyunjung Lee

Hyunjung Lee

GMS/ASEAN Energy Program Lead, ADB

Monali Zeya

Monali Zeya

Regional and Clean Energy Specialist, USAID India

Jennifer Chen

Jennifer Chen

Senior Manager, World Resources Institute

Bayan Abylkairova

Bayan Abylkairova

Deputy Chief of Party, USAID Power Central Asia

Yejin Ha

Yejin Ha

Economic Affairs Officer, UN ESCAP

Malchutar Kingnet

Malchutar Kingnet

Head of Renewable Energy Business Section, Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT)

Jaquelin Cochran

Jaquelin Cochran

Director, Grid Planning and Analysis Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

Vongdalone Vongsikeo

Vongdalone Vongsikeo

Project Management Specialist – Energy, USAID/Laos