Page 1 of 9 www.meralcopoweracademy.com ; email: [email protected]; tel: 63 920 968 8346 MERALCO POWER ACADEMY PROGRAM CATALOG POWER SYSTEMS ENGINEERING These courses are the products of our Meralco engineers’rich experiences on the design, operation and maintenance of various substations and distribution facilities given the environmental, social and regulatory challenges in the Philippines. This will include sample cases, actual workshops and tips honed by many years of experiences in planning, designing, maintaining and operating the Philippine's largest and most modern substations and distribution facilities. HV/MV Substation Design This course discusses the foundations, criteria and standards for substation design, typical facility standards, various bus configurations, actual physical layout and configuration, system protection & controls and SCADA interface based on various geographical and technical factors and including demand/capacity requirements. Who Should Attend: Electric Utility Design Engineers, Supervisors, System Planners and Technical Staff Duration:3days HV Substation Operations and Maintenance This course is designed to provide basic knowledge and skills needed to perform electrical operations on a High Voltage Power Plant Network. This includes the following concepts: Safe Approach Distances for Personnel, Vehicles and Mobile Plant for various System Voltage Levels; types of High Voltage Apparatus; writing a Switching Instruction correctly to prepare Plant for Access; Switching, Isolating and Earthing of High Voltage Electrical Apparatus for the purpose of Electrical Access Permit Issue; types of High Voltage Circuit Isolations and other related safety topics to ensure proper and safe operation of substation equipment. Who Should Attend: System or Network Planning Engineers, Design Engineers, Substation Engineers, Network Managers and Protection & Control Engineers and Maintenance Personnel Duration: 3 days Power System Modeling and Fault Analysis This 3-day course provides in-depth study of Power System Modeling and Short Circuit Calculations. This will include discussions on per unit calculations, symmetrical components, short circuit analysis, etc. A must for Design and Protection Engineers in order to ensure reliable and stable network specially in the age of distributed generation. Who Should Attend: Applicable to all Electrical Engineers Duration: 3 days
These courses are the products of our Meralco engineers’rich experiences on the design, operation and maintenance of various substations and distribution facilities given the environmental, social and regulatory challenges in the Philippines. This will include sample cases, actual workshops and tips honed by many years of experiences in planning, designing, maintaining and operating the Philippine's largest and most modern substations and distribution facilities.
HV/MV Substation Design This course discusses the foundations, criteria and standards for substation design, typical facility standards, various bus configurations, actual physical layout and configuration, system protection & controls and SCADA interface based on various geographical and technical factors and including demand/capacity requirements. Who Should Attend: Electric Utility Design Engineers, Supervisors, System Planners and Technical Staff Duration:3days
HV Substation Operations and Maintenance This course is designed to provide basic knowledge and skills needed to perform electrical operations on a High Voltage Power Plant Network. This includes the following concepts: Safe Approach Distances for Personnel, Vehicles and Mobile Plant for various System Voltage Levels; types of High Voltage Apparatus; writing a Switching Instruction correctly to prepare Plant for Access; Switching, Isolating and Earthing of High Voltage Electrical Apparatus for the purpose of Electrical Access Permit Issue; types of High Voltage Circuit Isolations and other related safety topics to ensure proper and safe operation of substation equipment.
Who Should Attend: System or Network Planning Engineers, Design Engineers, Substation Engineers, Network Managers and Protection & Control Engineers and Maintenance Personnel Duration: 3 days
Power System Modeling and Fault Analysis
This 3-day course provides in-depth study of Power System Modeling and Short Circuit Calculations. This will include discussions on per unit calculations, symmetrical components, short circuit analysis, etc. A must for Design and Protection Engineers in order to ensure reliable and stable network specially in the age of distributed generation. Who Should Attend: Applicable to all Electrical Engineers Duration: 3 days
This course will cover the components, methodology and analysis involved in the conduct of Distribution Impact Studies (DIS).
With the penetration of various RE technologies and other embedded generation in the distribution grid, this becomes imperative and vital among utility engineers and planners, regulators, generation companies and other concerned stakeholders to appreciate the methods and approaches in conducting comprehensive impact studies together with the use of software tools.Workshop and actual sample cases are presented for appreciation and better understanding of the subject matter.
Who Should Attend: System or Network Planning Engineers, Design Engineers, Network Managers and Protection & Control Engineers
Duration:2 days
Power System Protection Relaying This course discusses the system protection imperatives from the business and technical standpoint, the various types of system disturbances, failures and their implications, protective relaying, equipment protection, protection coordination and control following industry standards and best practices.
Who Should Attend: Electric Utility Design Engineers, Supervisors, System Planners and Technical Staff Duration:3 days
Power Quality This course illustrates the theories and principles of power quality in a utility or large customer facility setting and their impact on the reliability and efficiency of the system. Incorporated in the discussions are inputs from International Standards (NEC, NEMA, ANSI, IEC Standards, IEEE Recommended Practices, etc.), PDC, PEC, IEEE publications with actual cases.
Who Should Attend: Design/Staff Engineers, Technical Service Personnel, Facilities Supervisors, Maintenance Engineers and Staff Duration:2 days
System Loss Management
This course will enable participants to gain understanding on the issues, challenges and facts regarding system loss in any business. The program offers insights on the latest trends and programs on system loss management for utilities. By learning the various methods, approaches and innovations in addressing technical and non-technical loss, utilities may apply them to improve their operational efficiency and implement an effective system loss reduction plan
Who should Attend: Engineers and Officers from Distribution Operations, Finance and Regulatory Management, Revenue Officers, Utility sales and marketing Duration: 2 days
Distribution System Reliability, Adequacy and Efficiency Management IEEE 100 defines reliability as the probability that a device will function without failure over a specified time period or amount of usage. In the case of electric power distribution, reliability concerns have come from customers who want uninterrupted and continuous power supplied to their facilities at minimum cost. A typical goal for an electric utility therefore is to have the most reasonable and acceptable power service performance in its entire franchise area. This course discusses the methods of performing reliability analysis for power distribution systems. It also discusses the different approaches in gathering data, the use of different power distribution indices, interpretation and analysis of the indices to come up with sound reliability-based planning and decisions, and ensure an adequate and efficient power network. Who Should Attend:Electric System Planners, Design Engineers, Asset Managers and Energy Sourcing Staff Duration:2 days
Best Global Practices in Power Contracting This course will help you gain thorough understanding of various types of power purchase structure,agreements and provisioning. You would acquire the best practices from mature, deregulated and competitive markets, gather tools and techniques in establishing win-win agreements and learn to manage risk in the power industry market. Who Should Attend:Power industry professionals involved in Project Management, Legal Management, Finance, Purchasing, Energy trading, Risk Management and Business Development Duration:3 days
Heat Rate Optimization of Coal Power Plants This seminar provides detailed description of all the methods used to reduce the heat rate (increase the efficiency) of pulverized coal and circulating fluidized bed coal power plants. All the processes, operational and maintenance activities, capital projects, technical options, potential initiatives and incentives to implement upgrades/repairs for increasing the plant efficiency will be covered in detail. This seminar will also provide in-depth explanation of all the equipment and systems used in coal power plants (i.e. boilers, superheaters, reheaters, turbines, condensers, feedwater heaters, deaerators, pumps, compressors, instrumentation and control systems, and governing systems, etc.) All the factors which affect the power plant efficiency and emissions will be explained thoroughly. All the methods used to calculate the heat rate of the power plant will be covered in detail. Who Should Attend:Engineers of all disciplines, Managers, Technicians, Maintenance Personnel
The energy landscape continues to change and advance at a rapid pace. Emerging technologies and innovation will provide more efficiencies, complexities and will require new competences for sustainability and energy security in the future. Our programs bring local and international flavor and actual case work to offer you with a workable and tested solution for your needs.
Financial Analysis of Renewable Energy and Storage The course will address a variety of contract and loan structuring issues associated with wind and solar energy projects as well as battery storage. The course is designed to investigate how various project finance techniques and contract structures can be used to achieve a competitive power prices while maintaining a satisfactory equity return. The course will begin by discussing distinctive project finance features of facilities that depend on wind, hydro or solar resources. Subsequent sessions will address the theory underlying liquidated damages for delay, and performance as well as design of other incentives that is inherent in different contract structures.
Nuanced project finance issues associated with structuring debt for renewable projects will be discussed including under what conditions the DSCR drives debt capacity and when the debt to capital ratio is instrumental. Who Should Attend:Power industry professionals involved in Project Management, Finance, Renewable Energy and Business Development Duration:5 days
Smartgrid and IEC 61850 Fundamentals This course covers the entire ecosystem of smartgrid network, common models, various technologies adopted by different countries, including their experiences. The course will also cover the roadmap to a full smartgrid network, implementation issues, the roles of stakeholders and the critical success factors. Who Should Attend: Electric Utility Design Engineers, Supervisors, System Planners and Technical Staff Duration: 1 day
Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Fundamentals This course will discuss functions, components and applications of the Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and its involvement in Meralco’s Smart Grid. The course covers the basic metering fundamentals which comprises of the basic metering principles, operation, standards and schemes; as well as actual experiences in the deployment and operation of AMI.
Who Should Attend: Asset Managers, Design/Staff Engineers, Meter Engineers, Substation Engineers, Protection Engineers and Automation Engineers Duration: 1 day
Solar PV Fundamentals This 2-day Solar PV training is an entry point for engineers, entrepreneurs and RE enthusiast that will provide them an overview of the technology, how solar photovoltaic (PV) systems work, what are the design considerations, potential issues, regulatory requirements and standards, economics and including market trends and opportunities.
Who Should Attend: Entrepreneurs, businessmen, engineers, academe and RE enthusiasts. Duration: 2 days
Solar PV Bootcamp
This 5 day comprehensive training will cover how solar photovoltaic (PV) systems work, how they are designed, how to predict output of a system, and how systems are installed. The program will cover the fundamentals of PV and interrelation of voltage, current, power and energy (which is very different from the conventional electric systems), how to calculate for variables such as roof slope, weather patterns, shading, tilt angles, and temperature effects on voltage and current, other design considerations and an actual hands-on practices on installation and maintenance. Discussions will include market trends, regulatory requirements, economics and expected payback period of PV installations. Who Should Attend: Solar installers, contractors, project managers, engineers, electricians, quality inspectors, technical support crew and customer service professionals in the solar energy industry. Duration: 5 days
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) The course discusses the capabilities, functions and components of SCADA which includes communication physical media, device communication protocols, standard internet/intranet protocols and necessary ethernet hubs, switches and routers. Who Should Attend: Asset Managers, Design/Staff Engineers, Meter Engineers, Substation Engineers, Protection Engineers and Automation Engineers Duration: 2 days
Advanced Distribution Management Systems Fundamentals This course discusses the capability of an Advance Distribution Management Systems (ADMS), and how it can offer technological solutions to integrate: (1) distributed energy resources (DER), including distributed generation, distributed storage, demand response, and Microgrids, (2) regulatory compliance, (3) physical and cyber security threats, (4) aging utility infrastructure and workforce and (5) potential and actual structural changes to the distribution business model. Who Should Attend: Asset Managers, Design/Staff Engineers and Automation Engineers Duration: 1 day
SAFETY MANAGEMENT
A safe workplace is a productive and healthy workplace. Our programs are designed to increase the safety awareness and behavior developmentof your people in order tounderstand their roles and to realize the benefits it brings to the company. The programs tackle the human, financial and regulatory implications for non-compliance.
Basic Occupational Safety and Health Standards for Technical/Engineering Personnel The course will expound on the importance of safety in the workplace, factors that lead to accidents and work related illnesses and ways to mitigate the risk and ensure a safe workplace. This will also involve preparation of a comprehensive checklist for effective safety inspections, effective methods for accident investigations and a complete outline of safety and health program.
Who Should Attend: Safety Practitioners, Engineers and Trade/Skilled Workers
Introduction to Safety and Basic Life Support This course discusses the basic first aid objectives and procedures, and the course of actions to be taken by an individual during emergency situation and per type of injury/disabling condition.
Who Should Attend: Applicable to all personnel in a company
Duration: 1 day
LINEMAN’S TRAINING
Meralco Power Academy’s skills-based and competency-based program offers a unique opportunity for both new entrants and experienced linemen to prepare them on all facets of the electric distribution profession required by the different electric utilities. New/Existing Lineman will learn the skills required for the:
• work planning and supervision • construction, maintenance and repair of overhead/underground power distribution and transmission
facilities in a utility environment. • night jobs, extreme environmental and climate conditions
Foundation (Basic) Level
Intermediate Level
Advanced Level
Program designed for new entrants and those with limited or without experience on linemen job. This entry level 12-15 weeks program aims to develop the foundation skills, competencies and including the desired attitude/character of a linemen. This will be varied but limited to construction activities under deenergized/less hazardous conditions.
Program designed for experienced linemen who had been working under de-energized condition for at least 2 to 3 years. This intermediate level 2-month program aims to develop the advanced skills, competenciesand including the desired attitude/character of a seasoned first class linemen equivalent.
Program designed for seasoned linemen who had been working under complex and energized condition for at least 2 to 3 years. This advance level 4-week program aims to develop the advanced skills, competencies including the desired attitude/character for a typical Leadman or Foreman.
Reliability engineering focuses on the prevention and management of different levels of equipment condition uncertainty and risks of failure. Meralco Power Academy offers only the best training on reliability and maintenance to educate Equipment Maintenance Managers and help them achieve an excellent maintenance structure and best predictive maintenance methodologies and tools. Who Should Attend: Maintenance Professionals, Lubrication Engineers and Technicians, Facilities Managers, Preventive, Predictive Maintenance and CBM Group, Reliability Engineers and Managers, Maintenance Schedulers and Planners
World Class Maintenance This course will expound on the 12 disciplines of Maintenance Management that will lead to better equipment reliability. Participants will build awareness on the effective usage of the different maintenance strategies in order to fully improve equipment dependability. Duration:3days
Reliability-Centered Maintenance
This course covers the principles and process used to determine the maintenance requirements of any physical asset in its present operating context. RCM explains the capabilities and limitations of scheduled Preventive Maintenance. Participants will gain awareness on how maintenance tasks are based from the consequences of the failure itself and an understanding of the 6 failure patterns and how it affects us in our daily maintenance activities. Duration:3days
Condition-Based Maintenance This course shows the importance and benefits of a Condition-Based Maintenance (CBM) program. The benefits of such a program will be realized in greater equipment reliability and longevity while enhancing budgetary cost containment goals. Operations and Maintenance will make sound maintenance and operating decisions based on actual equipment performance rather than relying on the old standard of Time-Based maintenance intervals. (Pre-requisite: Reliability-Centered Maintenance) Duration:2 days
Investigating Equipment Failure: Root Cause Failure Analysis It is a common practice due to lack of time and information that equipment and system failuresare often investigated at a superficial level. Asa result, both operators and maintenance personnel keeprunning an unreliable plant equipment. Repeatedlosses and failures make these personnel become experts at fixing failures rather than understanding its causes. Thistraining will help you learn what a true andmeaningful Root Cause Failure Analysis is participants would know how deep the probe should be to finally uncoverthe root causes that will eventually end recurringproblems. Duration:3days
