IEA (2022), Strengthening Power System Security in Kyrgyzstan: A Roadmap, IEA, Paris https://, Licence: CC BY 4.0
Kyrgyzstan''s high dependence on hydropower exposes it to the risk of electricity shortages during periods of water scarcity. This risk is magnified by the growing fragility of the power system, which is in urgent need of generation and network investment to improve its operational reliability and to ensure that it has sufficient capacity to meet demand over time. The challenge is further amplified by rapidly growing electricity demand, fuelled by unsustainably low regulated electricity prices, which threatens to quickly outstrip domestic production capacity. Maintaining access to reliable electricity services is likely to become increasingly problematic in these circumstances, especially during periods of water shortage.
The government of the Kyrgyz Republic recognises these challenges and has initiated a range of investment initiatives to help address them. Policy responses to date have focused on addressing the longer-term adequacy dimensions of the power system reliability and resilience challenge. However, relatively little attention has been focused on the more immediate power system security challenges facing the Kyrgyz power system. Opportunities exist to implement a range of policies that could help to strengthen power system security in the shorter term, especially during periods of water shortage when power system reliability and resilience are likely to be under greatest stress.
A comprehensive and integrated policy framework will be needed to help strengthen power system security in a timely, efficient and cost-effective manner. This roadmap seeks to address this need. Its goal is to help improve power sector reliability and resilience in Kyrgyzstan in the short term by quickly strengthening power system security, especially during periods of water scarcity.
The roadmap seeks to deliver this goal by deploying an interrelated set of internationally proven and effective policy measures over the next decade that focus on achieving three strategic priorities:
Supply-side measures represent the backbone of the roadmap, providing the primary response and main resources for managing significant losses of hydropower during sustained water shortage events. However, analysis suggests that implementation of a sufficient contingency reservewould represent a considerable investment of capacity and financial resources. It would be unrealistic to expect this level of contingency reserve to be developed and deployed in the short term. Hence, the roadmap proposes a three-stage approach to its development.
The first stage would involve securing a working contingency reserve drawing from existing infrastructure. A potentially ideal source could be a portion of the underutilised generating capacity associated with the Bishkek Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant. This plant represents a readily available source of thermal generation that is strategically located close to major loads, with the potential to be quickly deployed as an effective source of emergency power to offset the loss of hydroelectric power for the duration of a periodic seasonal hydrological shortage.
The demand-side measures proposed have the potential to improve existing rationing arrangements and to unlock a range of resources that can complement and reinforce traditional supply-side responses to address sustained power system security events. For instance, the communications strategy measure has the potential to help harness considerable voluntary power savings during a hydrological emergency event, while the contractual mechanisms measure potentially provide a practical means for securing contingency reserves from non‑traditional sources, such as distributed generators.
Similarly, energy efficiency and power consumption substitution measures have considerable potential to deliver substantial power savings in the longer term. Accordingly, it is proposed that measures be developed and implemented to incrementally harness these power savings, initially focusing on improving building energy efficiency, and the deployment of more efficient space heating and appliances.
Overall, the roadmap provides an integrated and comprehensive approach for pursuing power system security in Kyrgyzstan. It incorporates a range of practical measures focusing on the key areas of power system management, production and consumption that will determine power system reliability and resilience during a sustained water shortage event. The roadmap also recognises the interrelated nature of the power system security challenges facing Kyrgyzstan during these periods, and will support the development of a mutually reinforcing set of policies and programmes that can address these matters in a practical, timely and cost-effective manner.
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Policy responses to date have focused on addressing the longer-term adequacy dimensions of the power system reliability and resilience challenge. However, relatively little attention has been given to addressing the more immediate power system security challenges facing the Kyrgyz power system.
Opportunities exist to implement a range of policies that could help to strengthen power system security in the shorter term, especially during periods of water shortage when power system reliability and resilience is likely to be under greatest stress. A comprehensive and integrated policy approach will be needed to help address this challenge in a timely, efficient and cost-effective manner. The following section outlines a way forward, built on a clear strategic policy goal and a set of mutually reinforcing policy measures that could be deployed to help strengthen power system security in Kyrgyzstan now and over the next decade.
All effective policy roadmaps are built on clear strategic goals that provide the foundation for directing and driving the development and implementation of related policy measures. Strategic goals need to be simple statements of high-level policy intent. They also need to be realistic and feasible to implement, reflecting the practical circumstances governing policy development and implementation in relation to power system security.
The nature and scope of the reliability challenges facing the Kyrgyz power sector combined with the practical imperative to quickly improve the operational reliability and resilience of the power system during periods of water scarcity suggest the following key strategic goal for the roadmap.
The proposed goal focuses on strengthening the operational reliability and resilience of the Kyrgyz power sector in the short term. It focuses on a practical issue of particular relevance given the energy-constrained nature of the Kyrgyz power system, which brings substantial risk of power generation volatility and shortages during periods of water scarcity.
To help improve power sector reliability and resilience in Kyrgyzstan in the short term by quickly strengthening power system security, especially during periods of water scarcity.
An effective policy roadmap will incorporate a mutually reinforcing set of policy measures to help achieve its goals. International experience suggests that the most effective approaches to improving power system security are built on an integrated set of proven and effective policy measures covering key issues including overarching system operation and management, supply-side initiatives, and demand-side initiatives.
Proposed measures should also reflect any practical constraints governing the wider operation and development of the power sector in Kyrgyzstan potentially including financial, technical, commercial, managerial and socio‑economic dimensions. Ultimately, the roadmap will incorporate a limited number of key policy measures that offer the greatest potential to strengthen power system security consistent with achieving the roadmap goal.
International experience shows that the nature and effectiveness of system operation is a key determinant of power system security outcomes in practice. In Kyrgyzstan, the technical standards and operational protocols governing system operation and the management of power system security have changed little since independence, with technical aspects relating to regional power exchanges governed by the 1998 Parallel Operational Agreement between national system operators and the CAPS regional dispatch centre.1
Technical standards have been augmented by various policies enabling the government to intervene to manage power production and consumption in the event of an emergency or natural disaster, or when the physical safety or security of people, installations or system integrity is threatened. Under Kyrgyzstan''s Electricity Law, interventions of this kind are to be implemented in a manner that minimises their impact on power sector operations and on power consumers. These provisions are complemented by the Rules for Use of Electrical Energy, which creates categories of reliability for power consumers. Those receiving the highest level of service reliability are eligible for uninterruptable power supply supported by separate, onsite backup generation.2
In particular, there may be opportunities to more clearly define the system operator''s role and responsibilities, especially regarding the nature and scope of its authority to intervene to manage sustained power system security events. Opportunities to improve operating practices, with greater emphasis on system-wide preparation, and co‑ordination to support flexible, integrated real-time system management could also be explored. Effective real-time system operation also requires accurate and timely information and state-of-the-art technology to facilitate effective contingency planning, system monitoring, power flow management and co‑ordinated emergency response. These issues are explored further below.
System operating practices are key determinants of power system security in practice. They translate the incentives created by the regulatory regime and security standards into protocols and practices that provide the means for delivering power system security.
System operating practices need to be flexible and adaptable to permit effective real-time management of power system security. International experience suggests that successful management of power system security is increasingly dependent on being able to effectively monitor, diagnose and respond to changing power system conditions in real time and over the course of a sustained emergency event.
To maintain effective situational awareness,4 system operators and responsible parties need to have access to accurate information that provides sufficient coverage of the power system to support effective monitoring and analysis of power system conditions in real time and over time. In Kyrgyzstan, this should include current and accurate information regarding the operational performance of key generators and network components, including information on water storage and flows which are critical for hydropower generation. In regional power systems spanning multiple control areas, such as CAPS, this should include ongoing real-time access to power flow data from across the integrated power system.
Processes to review and develop system security standards and procedures should be undertaken on a regular basis to ensure their ongoing effectiveness. In particular, reviews should incorporate "stress testing" of procedures to ensure they can be deployed in a timely and effective manner in response to credible contingencies, especially contingencies associated with managing the impact of sustained water shortages on hydroelectric production during peak winter seasons. International experience suggests that active participation of all relevant stakeholders would help strengthen the credibility and effectiveness of a regular review and development programme.
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