tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491888812684500.post636344805325744531..comments2024-03-21T14:35:09.854+08:00Comments on Singapore Notes: Cheap ElectricityTattlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11037010707866164010noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491888812684500.post-10872138680200972202016-10-04T14:49:05.112+08:002016-10-04T14:49:05.112+08:00Nice blog..!!! It is good to have most of these ar...Nice blog..!!! It is good to have most of these articles around to maintain the regular flow of information. Help people that no one could do it later, good work!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.power-rite.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">generator hire</a> & <a href="http://www.power-rite.co.uk/index.php/services/new-and-used-generator-sales/" rel="nofollow">new generator sales</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04748293294555322958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491888812684500.post-20044472845817135682011-10-10T19:14:15.920+08:002011-10-10T19:14:15.920+08:00Well high demand doesn't always mean high in s...Well high demand doesn't always mean high in supply. Also high supply doesn't always mean high demand. But if certain factors applies, high demand should always be paired up with high supply.Electrical Continuing Educationhttp://www.industrialinstitute.com/electrician/electrician-continuing-education.cfmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491888812684500.post-75101450833120126872011-06-12T19:19:14.563+08:002011-06-12T19:19:14.563+08:00Peak power should always be lower than capacity to...Peak power should always be lower than capacity to cater for redundancy, maintenance, etc.<br /><br />If there is no excess capacity, this would result in brownouts/blackouts when plants need maintenance.<br /><br />Frankly, would opine the blogger is barking up the wrong tree since the power plants are more similiar to motor vehicle engines which no one in their right mind goes perpetually at top speed.<br /><br />Further, as the blogger forgets that there is redudancy required unless people would like the same situation as HDB flats which have not met demand due to arguments during downturn when there were excess flats.Ajohornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491888812684500.post-90091828932116165122011-06-12T09:08:53.217+08:002011-06-12T09:08:53.217+08:00If the peak demand in and around Singapore is arou...If the peak demand in and around Singapore is around 6,500 MW, why did they invest in equipment and infrastructure for 9,800 MW? Did someone make a mistake in planning, and pass on the depreciation and maintenance overheads to the consumers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491888812684500.post-83987654085238413262011-06-11T21:37:48.290+08:002011-06-11T21:37:48.290+08:00Incorrect! It is a fallacy! Excess capacity doesnt...Incorrect! It is a fallacy! Excess capacity doesnt necessarily mean there should be cheaper electricity prices/tariff. 1kWh still needs the same amount of fuel to generate. Actually, since these power plants have fixed overhead costs, by filling up and using the excess capacity, you can get economies of scale which *could* lower your electric prices. <br /><br />I wonder who needs Economics 101....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491888812684500.post-11937714116871272502011-06-11T18:56:27.028+08:002011-06-11T18:56:27.028+08:00Well.
60% daft Singkies deserve to pay higher pr...Well. <br /><br />60% daft Singkies deserve to pay higher prices.<br /><br />The remaining 40% will have to work harder to convince their parents, siblings, aunties & uncles to vote smarter.<br /><br />The fights for votes for GE 2016 starts now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491888812684500.post-80879231058673969572011-06-11T15:19:43.936+08:002011-06-11T15:19:43.936+08:00An economic assessment of the cost of a energy-gen...An economic assessment of the cost of a energy-generating system includes all the costs over its lifetime: <br />1) initial investment, <br />2) operations and maintenance, <br />3) cost of fuel, <br />4) cost of capital<br />(1) and (4) are already paid by taxpayers. Which means the spare capacity sitting idle should be utilised to reduce cost of generation. It's like building the Buangkok MRT station and keeping it shut because of political motives until people started to complain. People should start complaining about the high cost of electricity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491888812684500.post-77775596707978265872011-06-11T13:59:26.001+08:002011-06-11T13:59:26.001+08:00Extra capacity in power plant does not always tran...Extra capacity in power plant does not always translate into reduced electricity cost to consumers. The actual electricity cost depends on fuel fired to generated the electricity and not just capacity. Electricity cost to consumers can be reduced if more than one power plants (different companies) operating in a market with extra capacity because they have to be efficient to compete in a free market. But, if they are allowed to sell extra capacity to the region, then the market in question will have to include the region.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491888812684500.post-87442797598673208342011-06-11T12:52:38.333+08:002011-06-11T12:52:38.333+08:00Electricity pricing isn't actually that straig...Electricity pricing isn't actually that straightforward. The key determinant of electricity price is the cost of the fuel used to generate the electricity. <br /><br />Even though we do have excess capacity in the market in Singapore, a large proportion of that excess capacity is made up of the less efficient oil fired units (which use less efficient and more expensive heavy fuel oil). Obviously any plant would run their more efficient natural gas fired units first. From what I read, Seraya is selling power to the Malaysians using the older oil fired units. <br /><br />In any case, I do agree that electricity prices in Singapore are somewhat more expensive than what they should be, largely due to the market structure of three big generators controlling a massive proportion of the market.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491888812684500.post-88161263371684092682011-06-11T12:07:06.451+08:002011-06-11T12:07:06.451+08:00Yet another PAP scheme to screw Sinkies as much as...Yet another PAP scheme to screw Sinkies as much as they can get away with, just like new HDB pricing. Power supply & other utilities are national assets and concerns national security as well as citizen welfare. It is exactly the same as national healthcare --- you don't find the govt selling away our entire hospitals and polyclinic system to foreign profit-making companies at the top bids, do you?!?<br /><br />If govt truly treats power supply as national need and as national security, it would have strictly implemented reasonable cost-plus pricing, and actual electricity prices will be at least 20% cheaper. We aren't even talking about giving subsidies, and the genco's will still be making healthy profits -- not obscene profits.<br /><br />Now we know why S'pore's electricity prices are the 2nd highest in the entire world. Second only to Central London, but at least their salaries are at least 200% higher than similar jobs in S'pore. The electricity in the rest of UK is cheaper than S'pore, and their poor and elderly have subsidised utilities.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com