On Thursday 24th June 2021, the AEMO opened registration for Demand Response Service Providers (DRSPs). We received an email about this, as would have any other WDR stakeholders known to AEMO. Organisations who wish to apply for registration for this…
The AER has published the latest notice concerning the Wholesale Demand Response Mechanism due to take effect later this year, with submissions on this paper open until the 23rd of April 2021.
Another submissions deadline is approaching as the market inches closer towards the planned implementation of the Wholesale Demand Response Mechanism (WDRM) in October 2021.
In an early Jan 2021 update, the ESB highlighted a report (published 14th Dec 2020) by Energy Synapse looking at Demand Response in the NEM. Here it is, and some initial comments.
Over on WattClarity, Robert May and Ashley Nicholls of SA Water yesterday published a case study in which they detailed the specifications and functionality of the sophisticated Energy Management System (EMS) that SA Water has developed. The article follows on…
Linton Corbet has recently joined our team at Global-Roam after 7 years working in the AEMO’s demand forecasting team. Earlier today he published an analysis on the upcoming wholesale Demand Response Mechanism, in which he covered how the mechanism might…
The AEMC has today announced that the proposed Wholesale Demand Response Mechanism (a.k.a ‘Negawatt Dispatch Mechanism’) is still on track to begin in October 2021. The AEMC’s press release stated that requests to delay the implementation timeline were considered due…
This week, Amber Electic published an article which provides insight into their customer’s energy usage and costs since lockdown laws have come into effect due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Amber Electric allow their customers direct access to the wholesale energy…
Leaders of the AEMC, AEMO and AER have come together to propose that the implementation of five minute settlement be delayed by 12 months in response to the impacts of COVID-19 on the energy industry.
On the 20th of April, the COAG’s Energy Council released a discussion paper exploring how to transition to a ‘two-sided market’ for electricity in Australia’s National Electricity Market as part of the transition to ‘NEM 2.0’.
On the 12th of March, 2020 the AEMC released a second draft determination on the implementation of a wholesale demand response mechanism in the market – what we’re calling the ‘Negawatt Dispatch Mechanism’. In addition, the AEMO published a high-level…
Yesterday on WattClarity, Paul McArdle wrote out some of his thoughts on whether the AEMC’s proposed centralised Negawatt dispatch mechanism (A.K.A. wholesale demand response mechanism) is a step in the right direction in the context of the bigger energy transition….
Jemena’s 2016 Distribution Annual Planning Report (DAPR) details the past years performance of Jemena’s electricity network, summarises the asset management, demand forecasting and network development methodologies adopted by Jemena, and presents forecast electricity demand for the forward planning period (five…
A very volatile couple of days in Queensland on Wednesday and Thursday last week, with respectively 12 and 20 dispatch interval (5 minute) prices exceeding $1,000/MWh, and average daily prices of $406/MWh and $781/MWh. Independent energy market consultant, Allan O’Neil…
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…