Tasmania Energy Forum on Gas Prices

Jeff Thong, Principal Consultant presented to the Tasmania Energy Forum on Gas Prices and observations about the potential use of gas in Tasmania for energy security and power supply in the longer term.

Toward Fixed Price Retail Electricity Contracts

Paper published in Energy Source and Distribution Magazine “Toward Fixed Price Retail Electricity Contracts”

Inaugural conference on Integration of Distributed Energy Resources

Executive Director Greg Thorpe addresses CIGRE Australia’s (www.cigreaustralia.org.au) inaugural conference on integration of distributed energy resources (CIDER) in the Asia Pacific Region held in Brisbane 19-20 August 2015

External review of impact on generation sector

View the full market review documents on the Australian Energy Market Commission website.

Disruptive Technologies and Network Value

Jim Snow, Executive Director will present a paper at the EUAA Queensland Energy Forum on “Disruptive Technologies and Network Value”.

Paper comparing the Australian NEM and the NZ market and stakeholder Q&A session

NT Interim electricity market – Functional specification

Northern Territory Interim Electricity Market (I-NTEM) documents are available. Access the papers here.

Impact of Optional Firm Access on Generators

Executive Director, Mr. Greg Thorpe’s report on the impact on generators of Optional Firm Access has been released by the AEMC as part of a package or reports and the AEMC’s draft recommendation to COAG not to proceed with Optional Firm Access in the current environment.

Potential Impact on Network Value

Executive Director, Jim Snow presented a paper at the Australian Institute of Energy Forum on Poles and Wires in Newcastle with the NSW Minister for Resources and Energy the Honourable Anthony Roberts.

The Impact of Late Rebidding on the Provision of Demand Response by Large Electricity Users in the NEM

Where rebidding reduces the financial returns from Demand Response or makes it difficult for large end users to respond in a way that allows them to use their DR as they had planned, it may discourage both current and potential providers of Demand Response.

Value of a Grid Connection to Distributed Generation Customers

This report describes the set of grid services delivered by typical electricity distribution networks, and provides an initial empirical estimate of the value that the grid provides to users of rooftop solar PV systems, and a rooftop solar PV system provides to the grid.

A Tale of Two Tariffs

Director, Lance Hoch, presented a paper titled “A Tale of Two Tariffs – Engaging the Customer: Victoria’s Flexible Pricing Initiative and SP AusNet’s Critical Peak Demand Tariff”.