AEMO publishes WDR Guidelines
On Thursday 25th March 2021 the AEMO published their Final Determination on the WDR Guidelines (which starts operating 24th October 2021). Here’s where you can find them.
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ARENA & AEMO Demand Response – Request for Information
Following the announcement 10 days ago, the following notice landed in my mailbox this morning. I have copied it here for those who are interested. Request for Information In May 2017, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and the…
AEMO advertises for Reserve Trader
On Wednesday 24th May I was pleased to be able to attend the first day of the Annual Conference of the Energy User’s Association of Australia (EUAA) – an organisation representing many of Australia’s largest energy (i.e. electricity and gas)…
ARENA and AEMO to pilot a Demand Response initiative for summer 2017-18
On 19th May 2017, an announcement was made that AEMO would work together to pilot a demand response initiative to help manage tight supply/demand balances expected in future (such as in Victoria and South Australia for summer 2017-18). There are…
AFR news report on innovative Sonnen business model for batteries and Demand Response in Australia
Given our keen support, over 15+ years, for demand response in the NEM (including through the development of this specifically-focused website) it was of interest that I read this morning’s note in the AFR about the business development plans that…
AER seeks sector-wide views to inform progressive demand management options
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…
Expressions of interest period extended for Powering Sydney’s Future Project
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…
AEMC calling for submissions on new market participant category proposal
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…
AER announce demand management workshop in Sydney
The Australian Energy Regulator have invited all demand response stakeholders in the NEM to participate in an interactive workshop to discuss the development of a new demand management incentive scheme and innovation allowance mechanism in Australia. The open workshop will be held…
Manufacturers in Tasmania paid to reduce production
The state-owned Hydro Tasmania have agreed to give industrial energy users compensation for reducing production during Tasmania’s ongoing energy crisis. The Australian newspaper has published some updated numbers on the the deals estimating that the energy users are being paid…
SA Power Networks seek proposals to address projected distribution limitation on Kangaroo Island
SA Power Networks have begun the proposal period as they attempt to address a projected distribution limitation on Kangaroo Island, 112km south west of Adelaide. An existing radial 33kV submarine cable supplies the island and is nearing it’s designed life…
AGL trial of Demand Response for residential consumers in Victoria ends today
Given our keen interest* in all forms of Demand Response operating within the Australian National Electricity Market (NEM), it was with interest that we noted this media release from AGL Energy a couple weeks ago about their trial of how…
DemandResponse.com.au now accessible
Global-Roam Pty Ltd has been supporting a range of large industrial energy users with their Demand Response services for a number of years. DemandResponse.com.au has been created by Global-Roam in the past few months to provide everyone within the energy…
GreenSync announced as semi-finalists in the Australian Technologies Competition (ATC)
Melbourne-based company GreenSync has been announced as one of thirty semi-finalists in the Australian Technologies Competition (ATC). GreenSync have been nominated for their PeakResponse™ and MicroEM™ products, which the ATC have described “reduce network, customer and generation peaks to provide…