AEMC released Final Determination on Five Minute Settlement on 28th November 2017
A quick look back at the AEMC's Final Determination on Five Minute Settlement.
Market Reform
The ‘Finkel Review’ released on 1st June 2017
A belated link to the Finkel Review.
Fast Frequency Service – Treating the symptom not the cause?
The National Electricity Market (NEM) is designed to operate at 50 Hz. Frequency deviation occurs when generation and load are mismatched. It is important in a lightly meshed and long network such as the...
Managing Energy Sector Disruption is Like Delivering a Joke’s Punchline… Timing is Everything
One of the most disruptive impacts on Australia’s electricity system over the past decade or so has been the rapid uptake of air conditioners – a consumer driven response to the introduction of inexpensive...
AEMC published final determination about ‘Demand Response Mechanism and Ancillary Services Unbundling’
On 24 November 2016 the AEMC made a final rule to create a new type of market participant (a ‘Market Ancillary Services Provider’ (MASP)) who can aggregate and offer Demand Response into the FCAS...
Next Step for Smart Grid in Australia
It's 18 months since the completion of the Smart Grid Smart City project - here's some thoughts from one of the people who was very much involved in the project (a new guest author...
Sun Metals submits rule change request to AEMC – for optional Five Minute Settlement
On 4th December 2015, Sun Metals (a zinc smelter in northern Queensland, and also one of our initial deSide® clients) submitted this rule change request to the AEMC: In the 10-page proposed change, my...
Puzzling through three rule change requests
Some ideas that I have been puzzling over - about the overlaps and contradictions between 3 rule changes under consideration at the AEMC currently 1) The Demand Response Mechanism (better known as the Negawatt...
Pitfalls of Demand Management for the Domestic Electricity Consumer
Some thoughts by a new guest author about different tariff options for delivering demand management for residential electricity customers - and the relative benefits of each for the network.
Is the real issue related to 5 minute dispatch and 30 minute settlement?
Some thoughts from another guest author, Greg Denton, about the current rule change proposal "Bidding in Good Faith" being assessed by the AEMC.
What are, and will be, business niches for aggregators?
Following an invitation to speak at a QUT Energy Forum last week, here are some thoughts about some business niches for aggregators.
Electricity Pricing: An alternative to unlimited bill increases
A synopsis of one of the challenges facing the electricity sector - and a suggested solution
Is the changing generation mix in the NEM requiring it to start making capacity payments?
Some thoughts about Capacity Payments - given the article in the AFR yesterday
Privatising profits whilst socialising costs – part 2 (retail)
Returning to the theme of inconsistencies where we allow for "socialising costs whilst privatising profits" here are some thoughts about the retail space.
Doomsday predictions for security of supply?!
In parallel with the RET Review process, claims and counter claims are mounting about challenges to security of supply, moving forwards. Here are some initial thoughts...
Privatising profits whilst socialising costs – part 1 (wholesale)
Some initial thoughts about some of the areas (in the wholesale market) where there's been finger-pointing in different directions about "socialising costs whilst privatising profits"
How prices will be set, under the new “Demand Response Mechanism”
Some worked examples of how several forms of Demand Response (including the proposed new Demand Response Mechanism) might impact wholesale prices, and participant positions.
Implications for Australia’s NEM of the US Court Decision setting aside FERC Order 745 (about Demand Response)
Some thoughts about the structure of FERC Order 745, and the arguments for & against setting it aside the in the US Court of Appeals - and the relevance for the Australian National Electricity...
6 enduring challenges for competitive electricity markets
Reflection on whether the core challenges for market operators (and other core stakeholders) have varied at all from the listing of issues compiled for the Association of Power Exchanges back in 1997.
The ERIG Review ‘Energy Reform: The way forward for Australia’
Another belated and back-dated article – this one pertaining to another major reform initiative in the NEM, the ERIG Review.