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Know your NEM: Why a business customer might buy a battery
Fascinating insight into electricity bills for business, and why they should, or shouldn’t buy a battery. Meanwhile, futures price fell across the board.
David Leitch
Jun 4, 2018
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Governments
For $6 extra, AEMO keeps lights on and defies renewable skeptics
AEMO says reserve mechanism that ensured lights stayed on last summer cost just $6 per customer, and praises role of newly deployed technologies such as batteries and demand response.
Giles Parkinson
May 23, 2018
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Policy & Planning
NEG modelling assumes electricity to deliver just 5% of emission cuts
Given the electricity sector accounts for around one-third of national emissions, it must be asked why the government is only seeking to achieve 5% of the required abatement from the NEM.
Owen Kelp
Apr 20, 2018
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Markets
Australia’s biggest coal state, NSW, also biggest electricity importer
South Australia’s renewables grid is often criticised for relying on “imports” from other states. But no grid relies more on imports than NSW, the grid with the highest percentage of coal generation.
Sophie Vorrath
Feb 26, 2018
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Markets
Tasmania wants to quit “broken” NEM as major parties agree it needs reform
Tasmania’s Liberal government flags plan to quit NEM, as bipartisan Parliamentary report concludes electricity market is broken, needs rebuilding.
Sophie Vorrath
Feb 5, 2018
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Consumers miss out on renewables benefits as Big 3 pocket profits
UNSW energy researcher says bad policy design means industry incumbents can use large-scale solar and wind tenders to get their costs down, without necessarily passing on savings to consumers.
Sophie Vorrath
Dec 8, 2017
2
Coal
Energy regulator smashes illusion of “cheap” coal power in NSW
AER report absolves big generators of predatory bidding during demand peaks, but they hardly need to: The cost of “baseload” coal supply in NSW has jumped so high that there is no such thing as “cheap” coal generation.
Giles Parkinson
Dec 6, 2017
68
Renewables
It’s economics, stupid! Days of “baseload only” power over
RepuTex report affirms renewables a ‘lay down misere’ to out-compete, and replace, traditional fossil-fuel sources in Australia.
Sophie Vorrath
Jul 10, 2017
5
CleanTech Bites
Energy Locals calls out ‘gen-tailers’ for driving up prices, hurting customers
Energy Locals becomes second market player in week to hit out at fossil fuel generators for “deliberately” driving up electricity bills.
Sophie Vorrath
Jul 6, 2017
8
Storage
What do consumers get out of the Finkel blueprint?
The short answer is, not a lot. Finkel promises savings of $92 a year by 2030, but most customer bills are going to jump $300 a year next month. Nothing much will change until utilities can match the cost of new technologies, rather than hiding behind regulatory barriers.
Giles Parkinson
Jun 12, 2017
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