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.
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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.