The average pool price during January 2017 in the QLD wholesale electricity market was $197.65/MWh. This is the highest monthly average since the commencement of the National Electricity Market (NEM). It exceeded the previous record for QLD of $192.46/MWh set…
When the National Electricity Market (NEM) was established, generators provided both energy and stability services. Consumers were passive, using energy when needed. In the 1990s it was difficult to foresee that households would be able to provide energy or ancillary…
Last week, Essential Energy published their Distribution Annual Planning Report (DAPR) for 2016. The company is required to conduct an annual planning review and publish the results in the DAPR, which includes the planning for all assets and activities carried…
On the 4th of January 2017, the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) published a consultation paper to inform the development of a robust, best practice incentive scheme and allowance mechanism. As part of the process, the AER are asking interested stakeholders…
TransGrid and Ausgrid’s joint venture, the ‘Powering Sydney’s Future Project’ has had it’s expressions of interest closing date extended to Friday the 3rd February 2017. The extension will allow stakeholders an additional three weeks for submissions in response to non-network…
German residential battery system manufacturer Sonnen has been included in MIT Technology Review’s “50 Smartest Companies 2016” list. Sonnen is Europe’s leading home energy storage manufacturer. The company has been spreading its wings in countries including Australia, where the sonnenBatterie…
Industrial manufacturing businesses can save over 30% on electrical bills, and cut greenhouse gas emissions by over 5%, by adjusting production schedules, according to US research. “Manufacturing enterprises can take advantage of critical peak pricing (CPP), a demand response technology,…
Following the demand management workshop held on the 20th of September 2016 in Sydney, the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) have published all of the presentations and the breakout session notes from the workshop on their website. The published documents include…
In all of the major cities and regional towns of Australia there are thousands of standby sets. These sets have the potential to be the most effective form of demand management available but are greatly underutilised as they are not…
As part of its consideration of the Demand Response Mechanism and Ancillary Services Unbundling Rule change proposal, the AEMC commissioned Oakley Greenwood (OGW) to provide quantitative evidence regarding the amount of demand-response capacity that is currently available in the NEM…
In accordance with the requirements of clauses 5.13.1 (g) – (h) of the the National Electricity Rules (NER), SA Power Networks have released their Demand Side Engagement document. The document details SA Power Network’s strategy for: enabling the connection of embedded…
The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) is calling for submissions on a proposal to create a new category of market participant who would have the ability to negotiate deals with energy users to offer demand response. The AEMC has issued…