July 2019

Paul McArdle Thursday, July 18 2019

AEMC issues draft rule change calling for Centralized Negawatt Dispatch Mechanism

Don’t have much time today to elaborate on this, but worth noting that the AEMC today (Thu 18th July) released a draft determination for the implementation of a Centralized Negawatt Dispatch Mechanism, which will mean that Negawatts are treated as…

Paul McArdle Monday, July 15 2019

Will the RRO have the inadvertent effect of killing a form of Demand Response?

We’ve had several people raise concerns about the way in which the ESB’s Retailer Reliability Obligation (RRO) could inadvertently end up killing the form of demand response that’s supported the NEM over 15+ years and helped to maintain levels of security of supply at the levels we have experienced. We’re starting to take a look…