Submissions from the initial consultation period of the Nelson Review—which opened on 11th of December 2024 and closed on the 14th of February 2025—were published yesterday evening. All public submissions can be found at this link on the DCCEEW website.
The review was announced in late November 2024, with the independent four-member panel, led by Tim Nelson, examining wholesale market settings. In previous media appearances, Tim Nelson stated that the review will focus on making ‘actionable’ recommendations.
It has also been announced that public forums will be held in the capital city of each NEM region, including,
Dan is a Market Analyst, who joined Global-Roam in June 2013.
He departed (and returned) for a couple of brief stints overseas, before rejoining the team permanently in late 2019. Alongside his work at Global-Roam, he has undertaken short-term contract roles as an analyst and researcher in various areas of the energy sector. Dan graduated from the Master of Sustainable Energy program at the University of Queensland in 2024.
Worth noting the proposed ‘Firm Energy Reliability Mechanism’ from the South Australian Government – with live online information session Monday 25th November 2024.
From Monday 5th May to Friday 9th May 2025 was like an unofficial Energy Week in Melbourne for me, out-and-about at a few events. Here’s my record of some of what happened…
Given the instructions were ‘Feel free to share it more widely with your colleagues and networks’, here’s the slide deck from the Nelson Review presentations through May 2025.
A short article following AER’s release of an Issues Paper relating to the (soon to be enacted) expansion of its Wholesale Market Monitoring and Reporting responsibilities for Electricity (and Gas).
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Wouldn’t it be simpler to require semi scheduled generators to become scheduled generators by having (say) 30 minutes of storage behind their network connection so they can actually comply with their offers to the market? I say 30 minutes because this is probably enough time for a gas turbine or hydro machine (the most likely things needed for a big block of additional energy) to be dispatched to fill the hole when they bid down (or out). Surely just putting the risks and costs of non-performance where they belong. If they want to contract with a third party to provide the service to them great – but no double dipping.
Wouldn’t it be simpler to require semi scheduled generators to become scheduled generators by having (say) 30 minutes of storage behind their network connection so they can actually comply with their offers to the market? I say 30 minutes because this is probably enough time for a gas turbine or hydro machine (the most likely things needed for a big block of additional energy) to be dispatched to fill the hole when they bid down (or out). Surely just putting the risks and costs of non-performance where they belong. If they want to contract with a third party to provide the service to them great – but no double dipping.