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Michael Mazengarb is a journalist with RenewEconomy, based in Sydney. Before joining RenewEconomy, Michael worked in the renewable energy sector for more than a decade.
AEMC
Institutions
Rooftop PV
Solar
Storage
AEMC delays decision on controversial tax on rooftop solar exports
AEMC extends the consultation window for contentious plan to allow network charges on homes connecting solar and storage to the grid.
AEMC
Institutions
Markets
Renewables
Solar
Clean energy investors slam AEMC’s proposed network access reforms
Clean energy investors slam rule-maker's "perverse" changes to network access, saying they will result in delays, cancelled projects and higher costs.
AEMC
Institutions
Renewables
Solar
Wind
Wind and solar face new connection rules, share of system strength costs
AEMC proposes new technical standards for wind and solar projects, and cost sharing for grid investment, after concluding 'system strength' investigation.
AEMC
AEMO
AER
Australian Federal Government
ESB
Governments
Institutions
Renewables
Smart Energy
Solar
Why the Energy Security Board is exactly what the NEM needs
The ESB has done a job the AEMC wasn’t doing, and additionally it has championed the ISP in a necessary way.
AEMC
Battery
Institutions
Storage
Battery storage to get new set of rules as regulators play catch-up to new technology
AEMC seeks feedback on proposed reforms, that would establish big batteries as their own kind of market participant in the National Electricity Market.
AER
Coronavirus
Institutions
Smart Energy
Solar
Ombudsman to have greater powers to protect consumers with solar, storage
Energy ombudsman could have new powers to oversee complaints relating to new energy technologies such as solar and battery storage provided by electricity retailers.
AEMC
Australian Federal Government
Governments
Institutions
Smart Energy
Utilities
South Australia steps in to oppose delay to five-minute settlement
South Australia speaks out against proposed delays to five-minute settlement, in a new battle between established incumbents and new energy market players.
AEMC
Australian Federal Government
CleanTech Bites
Governments
Institutions
Markets
Research Groups, Institutes and Universities
AEMC approves landmark demand response mechanism, rejects calls for delay
AEMC approves demand response mechanism for wholesale market, one of the most fundamental changes to NEM design in decades, rejecting calls for delays.
AEMC
AEMO
Battery
CleanTech Bites
Electric Vehicles
ESB
Institutions
Renewables
Rooftop PV
Solar
Storage
AEMO pushes for minimum standards for solar, battery storage and EVs
AEMO seeks powers to impose minimum standards for rooftop solar, battery storage and EVs in an effort to create a single, nationally consistent set of rules.
AEMC
Australian Federal Government
Governments
Institutions
micro-grids
Renewables
Smart Energy
Networks can now replace costly poles and wires with solar and storage micro-grids
AEMC sets new rules to open up the option of stand alone power systems to remote and fringe-of-grid communities as network alternative.
