October 2021

Paul McArdle Sunday, October 24 2021

WDRM commences on Sunday 24th October 2021

It’s Sunday 24th October 2021 and the new Wholesale Demand Response Mechanism (WDRM) – perhaps better understood as a Centralised Negawatt Dispatch Mechanism – has commenced. On Friday 22nd October the AEMO noted: “This Sunday, 24 October, the National Electricity…

Paul McArdle Friday, October 22 2021

AER releases WDRM Participation Guidelines – just prior to the start of the WDRM

Adding to the flurry of last minute activity just prior to the start of the Wholesale Demand Response Mechanism, on Friday 22nd October the AER released its Participation Guidelines for participants bidding WDRM who will start bidding Negawatts into the…