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…
In all of the major cities and regional towns of Australia there are thousands of standby sets. These sets have the potential to be the most effective form of demand management available but are greatly underutilised as they are not…
As part of its consideration of the Demand Response Mechanism and Ancillary Services Unbundling Rule change proposal, the AEMC commissioned Oakley Greenwood (OGW) to provide quantitative evidence regarding the amount of demand-response capacity that is currently available in the NEM…
In accordance with the requirements of clauses 5.13.1 (g) – (h) of the the National Electricity Rules (NER), SA Power Networks have released their Demand Side Engagement document. The document details SA Power Network’s strategy for: enabling the connection of embedded…
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…
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…
As I noted a few weeks ago on WattClarity®, I watched with puzzled interest as a new pricing pattern emerged across all regions of the NEM through Q2 2016. Since that post, prices have maintained their bounce – as a…
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 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…
Last month, the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) published it’s review of the Demand Management Incentive Scheme (DMIS) reports submitted by a number of recipients for the 2014, 2013-14 and 2014-15 reporting periods. The Demand Management Incentive Scheme (DMIS) is a research…
Last month Endeavour Energy published it’s final assessment on the Box Hill and Box Hill North Greenfield Supply Areas. The report attempts to demonstrate the basis for an option to address the network limitations within the area. Two options were evaluated in…
Last week I met with another of Australia’s major energy users, and was asked questions by some of their international representatives about the approach we have taken in assisting C&I energy users in a particular form of Demand Response: The particular…
Several years ago businesses in Australia enjoyed a global competitive advantage by operating in an environment of low energy costs . . . then things changed. High energy costs are now becoming critical, and we have seen many businesses (particularly…
In the last in this series on developing your Demand Response strategy, I want to talk briefly about some of the analytical models that will underpin your success. Throughout this series, I have highlighted, both directly and indirectly, the need…
Last week I talked about the back-office capabilities required to deliver a Demand Response program. In this second half of the post, I talk about technologies on the consumer side. Automated Demand Response (ADR) is relatively mature for Commercial and…
So far in this Demand Response series, I have provided my thoughts on the primary definitions, so you know what is, and what is not Demand Response. I have talked about the drivers and why you may want to develop…
Assuming you have read part I and part II of this series you understand what demand response is and why you may want to have such a capability. You should also have an idea of what capacity you need under…
In my last post, I described what I believed Demand Response is, and isn’t. I described Demand Response as being where a third party, such as a Utility, has a need for a consumer to reduce their electricity during a…