AEMC
Energy rule-maker says market gaming "not an issue", but says Tesla and other batteries will be able to use re-bidding practice to lower prices, rather than inflate them, and...
Australian Energy Market Commission makes final rule for AEMO to establish register of distributed energy resources in the NEM, including small-scale battery storage systems and rooftop solar.
Australian Federal Government
Governments
News & Commentary
Solar
Storage
“This is huge” – rule changes to boost solar PV and batteries
AEMC rule changes would give consumers more control over the energy market, and reduce the ability of generators to exploit their market power. This could be a huge win.
News & Commentary
Solar
Storage
Regulator pushes for household battery storage register to remove “blind spot”
Bational register of Australia’s home battery installations would cost around $10m, but would remove potential huge "blind spot" and could improve power system security.
Demand tariffs are controversial, but if properly done they could work for everyone. We just need the network owners to do the right thing.
The problem in Australia's energy market is that – uniquely in the world – we have separate rule making and operating statutory bodies. Only one of them is based...
See no problems, hear no problems, do very little. We read the AEMC's Reliability review in the hope of finding some interesting ideas. We didn't.
Governments
Markets
News & Commentary
AEMC admits, reluctantly, that renewables will push prices down
AEMC admits rises in consumer bills this year should be reversed in the next couple of years. ... thanks to solar and wind. But it still seeks to paint...
Better data would reassure consumers that price changes are the result of real problems, such as weather or machinery failure, rather than market manipulation.
Markets
News & Commentary
Renewables
Smart Energy
Utilities
ESB chair says demand response could kill need for new power plants
Chair of newly formed Energy Security Board, Kerry Schott, says that by harnessing demand management in Australia, "we can all stop worrying about building new plants of any description."