| Author | Sinay, Wilfred B. |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. ET-89-10 |
| Subject(s) | Electric power failures--Philippines
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Master of Engineering |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | Literature on the economic cost of power outages dates back as early as
1960's in Europe but it has only been until recently that theoretically correct
methodologies have been made. A number of potential applications of outage
costs have emerged with the studies ranging from systems optimization, load
shedding priorities and service restoration sequence to pricing policies.
This study develops a detailed analytical framework for measuring outage
costs borne by the industrial sector. An empirical investigation was made to
test the survey method developed, to 17 selected manufacturing establishments
in Cebu, Philippines. The results reveal that the economic loss due to power
outages to the largest manufactures in 1987, only account 0.45% of the region's
total manufacturing sector value added. Analysis is that the adaptive response
investments and consumer response behavior, taken to ameliorate the impacts
of outages, have displaced substantially potential outage costs.
The study further observes that there is a wide range of power reliability
and supply needs among the manufacturing groups; there is heterogeneity of
behavior towards outages; there are varied intensities of adaptive response
investments to avert critical outage losses, given the same level of service
reliability and quality. |
| Year | 1989 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Department of Energy and Climate Change (Former title: Department of Energy, Environment, and Climate Change (DEECC)) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Energy Technology (ET) |
| Chairperson(s) | Shrestha, Ram M.; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Mora, Jean-Claude;Lapillonne, Bruno;Mohanty, Brahmanand; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | The Royal Danish Government, (DANIDA); |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1989 |