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rity dispatch, which means that economic
curtailment of variable RE to save costs is
avoided. This means that even if curtailing
RE is cheaper from a system perspective
than shutdown and start-up costs associated with reducing generation from a coal
plant, the RE plant will still be given priority
dispatch.92
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In sum, under the present power dispatch
hierarchy, RE generation is given priority
over non-renewable or convention power
generation who must compete against each
other based on bid prices to be selected for
dispatch at each time interval.93
92 Greening the Grid: Solar and Wind Integration Study for the Luzon-Visayas System of the Philippines, available at https://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy18osti/68594.pdf (last accessed March 1, 2023).
93 Analysing the Energy Transition Risk in the Philippines Power Sector, available at https://icsc.ngo/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/KEEP_Analysing_Energy_Transition_Risk_PH_Power_Sector_April21_Final.pdf (last accessed March 1, 2023).
