Guam

Manual prepared by the SPC Energy Programme to inform and support work of PICTs officials that regulate or monitor the price of fuel in their respective jurisdictions. To demonstrate how the cost of Pacific Island fuels can be better understood by referring to its various components which are both internationally and locally influenced. 

In the year 2010 , KEMA Inc conducted a study for the Pacific Power Association (PPA) called “Quantification of Energy Efficiency in the Utilities of the U.S. Affiliate States
(excluding US Virgin Islands)” for 9 Northern Pacific Island Utilities. This Consolidated Report gives an overview of the major findings and results of the study. KEMA’s assignment included 10 Northern Pacific Island Utilities, but during the course of the project, it became necessary to postpone the study for one of the islands, American Samoa, to 2011.

The purpose of this report is to provide the results of the current round of benchmarking for Pacific power utilities. The objective of Pacific power benchmarking is to stimulate analysis and improvement in performance of participants. 

This benchmarking project has been performed through the following phases:

The purpose of this Manual is to provide easy-to-follow guidelines for use of benchmarking in Pacific power utilities.

The Pacific Power Association (PPA) and the Asian Development Bank(ADB) have initiated co-ordinated benchmarking for Pacific power utilities by facilitating the
conduct of a first round of benchmarking.  This Manual provides easy-to-follow guidelines upon how Pacific power utilities can continue with benchmarking to obtain maximum on-going benefits.

This Manual is a joint publication of the Pacific Power Association (PPA) and the Pacific Regional Infrastructure Facility (PRIF). This edition of the Power Benchmarking Manual draws upon the original Benchmarking Manual published by the Pacific Power Association in 2002 and funded by the Asian Development Bank. The contents of the 2002 version form the basis of Section 1 of this edition.

KEMA Inc has been awarded by the Pacific Power Association (PPA) in Fiji to carry out a project called “Quantification of Energy Efficiency in the Utilities of the U.S. Affiliate States
(Excluding US Virgin Islands)”. Attached in this report are 2 reports produced for the Guam Power Authority (GPA):

Annual benchmarking is a mechanism for better information collection and decision making within power utilities, and assisting the improvement of operational efficiency, service delivery and overall performance.

During 2012, 22 Pacific Island power utilities participated in the second of a programme of annual performance benchmarking studies. This year’s benchmarking employed the same indicators established by the 2011 study – itself the first benchmarking assessment to be carried out in more than a decade.

The perfomance of a reliable installation that fulfils a customers expectation requires both careful design and correct installation practice.

This is a system installation guidelines for the Pacific Islands on a Grid-Connected PV Systems.