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…