Demand Management Case Study: Embedded Generation

AusNet Services have published this case study detailing embedded generation at the Traralgon Power Station. The case study looks at the replacement of a single transformer at the Traralgon Power Station with the project to begin in August 2012 and…




EnergyAustralia submission to the ‘Power of Choice’ review

Ralph Griffiths, Wholesale Regulatory Manager of Energy Australia has responded on behalf of EnergyAustralia in regards to the AEMC’s ‘Power of Choice Review: giving consumers options in the way they use electricity’ draft report. Mr Griffiths prefaces the letter by…


Energex launches PeakSmart air-conditioning program

Energex has launched it’s PeakSmart air-conditioning program. The program will allow users to reduce peak demand by capping their energy consumption for short periods over summer. Households and businesses who install a new air-conditioner are eligible to be rewarded up…


Australia’s first automated demand response trial goes live

A trial that went live today in Townsville represents the first demonstration of automated demand response in Australia. Today Greensync announced that it has deployed its cloud-based DR project with Ergon Energy as part of an 18 month automated demand…


Enernoc acquires Energy Response Pty Ltd

EnerNOC have officially announced their acquisition of Energy Response during which they have now become the largest demand response provider in Australia and New Zealand. EnerNOC CEO Tim Healy said of the acquisition “”The electricity markets in Australia and New…


Queensland Government submits signed letter to the AER

Dan Hunt, Director-General of the Department of Mines and Energy, and Terry Wall, Director-General  of the Environmental Protection Agency have penned an open letter to Mike Buckley, General Manager of the Australian Energy Regulator commenting on the paper “Potential development…