International Copper Association Southeast Asia

BENEFICIARIES

• Key Management and Technical Staff of various Utilities and Power Companies in Southeast Asia

INDUSTRY PARTNERS

• Institute of Integrated Electrical Engineers Inc. (IIEE)
• Bangkok Cable Co. Ltd.
• Fluke Southeast Asia Pte Ltd
• Oriental Copper Co. Ltd
• Phelps Dodge International (Thailand) Ltd.

OBJECTIVE

• To provide an understanding of the issues and challenges of power quality in power distribution systems

HIGHLIGHTS

This workshop is tailored towards having a total solution for the Utilities to mitigate power quality challenges in the power distribution systems and to exchange experience on power quality solutions & standards:

• Harmonisation of monitoring, measurement, verification and Utility standards to ensure improvements in Power Quality and Power Reliability to customers
• Collaborations on Capacity building to increase awareness of PQ problems and the solutions
• Technical knowledge support, international expertise and case studies

KEY FACILITATORS

• Manila Electric Company, (Meralco)
• Hanoi Power Company, Vietnam (HNPC)
• Ho Chi Minh City Power Company, Vietnam (HCMCPC)
• Metropolitan Electricity Authority, Thailand (MEA)
• North China Electric Power University
• Provincial Electricity Authority, Thailand (PEA)
• Singapore Power Global Solutions (SPGS)
• Tenaga Nasional Berhad, Malaysia (TNB)

OUTCOME

• This Workshop has provided participants with a better understanding of the issues and challenges of power quality in power distribution systems and how to manage them.
• This Workshop has also forged consensus among the participants on an Action Statement to provide directions and chart the next steps to solve power quality problems in the power distribution system in LMS under the Harmonisation Programme.