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How Australia’s rooftop solar boom can be good news for the grid
Rooftop solar has unveiled voltage issues in the grid, but is not necessarily the cause. A new study shows how it can help address these voltage issues.
Sophie Vorrath
Dec 4, 2019
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Renewables
Coalition gives $1bn to CEFC for 24/7 reliable renewable power
Federal Coalition makes first capital injection into CEFC, to underwrite investment in supporting a renewables grid. Greens suspect a Trojan Horse for coal.
Sophie Vorrath
Oct 30, 2019
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Smart Energy
Ausgrid seeks to expand virtual power plant to cut back on network costs
Network operator Ausgrid seeking proposals to expand its virtual power plant, targeting the estimated 5,000 batteries within its network and help defray investment costs.
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May 22, 2019
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Is the Australian Energy Council in a parallel universe on network regulation?
The Australian Energy Council, which represents electricity generators and retailers, seems to be in a state of blissful ignorance on how Australian networks are actually regulated.Â
Simon Orme
Nov 13, 2018
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Markets
Excess network profits about to be baked into the National Electricity Law
Proposed changes to National Electricity Law would remove the regulatory benchmark for assessing network returns. If this happens, excess returns may be locked in until at least 2023.
Simon Orme
Nov 2, 2018
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Ausgrid looks to community batteries, getting “closer” to consumers
Networks have gone from raising the drawbridge to lowering it, inviting new technologies and ideas on to their platform. Soon they’ll be competing for the consumer.
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Oct 10, 2018
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Giles Parkinson
Aug 13, 2018
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Lousy power quality? Blame the grid, not rooftop PV
High voltage on local networks is frying appliances, and costing consumers billions of dollars. The media and the networks have sought to blame the issue on rooftop PV, but a new study suggests the networks are to blame.
Giles Parkinson
Apr 27, 2018
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Biggest winners, and biggest losers, of network monopoly game
For a Queensland household electricity bill with network charges of $1,000, the Queensland government profits from the networks amounts to $470.
Hugh Grant
Apr 26, 2018
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Markets
Consumer bills to jump as networks score court victory over regulator
Australian Energy Regulator loses costly Federal Court battle to control how much NSW network operators can charge for power.
Sophie Vorrath & Giles Parkinson
May 24, 2017
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