In its Post 2025 Market Design Review, the Energy Security Board recommended delivery of a three-year DER Implementation Plan. This plan sets out a range of technical, market and regulatory reforms to unlock value for all consumers through the effective integration of DER and flexible demand.
The ESB is working closely with market body colleagues and stakeholders to deliver activities prioritised for Horizon One of the Plan. A scope of works paper was published in December that outlines the activities and who is leading each process. This paper can be found here.
This workshop will be the second in a series of quarterly check-ins with stakeholders to enable a high-level discussion about the delivery of the DER Implementation Plan, building on engagement and consultation which is underway for each reform activity.
Please note log-in details for the webinar will be circulated in a separate email once registration is closed.
Registration closes: 5pm, Tuesday 26 July 2022
The Energy Security Board (ESB) has released a paper outlining its proposed high-level design of a capacity mechanism for the National Electricity Market (NEM).
As part of the Post-2025 market design reforms, Energy Ministers tasked the ESB with progressing detailed design work on a mechanism that specifically values capacity in the NEM. The ESB’s high-level design paper builds on stakeholder feedback received on the scope of works document and project initiation paper, which were released in December 2021, and the ESB’s further design work. The ESB has also been guided by the principles agreed to by Energy Ministers in September 2021.
The paper outlines the ESB’s preferred approach to key design choices, including:
Stakeholders can register to attend an information forum on Friday, 1 July 2022 at 11am to 1pm below.
The ESB will continue working with stakeholders on developing the final design. The ESB will develop a draft detailed design by the end of the year, with a final recommendation due to Ministers early in 2023.
Please note log-in details for the webinar will be circulated in a separate email once registration close.
The energy transition can be delivered more cheaply and quickly if new generators and storage connect in places that facilitate the full benefit of all these resources coming into the national power system. To achieve this, Energy Ministers have asked the ESB to develop a detailed design for a reformed transmission access regime that delivers coordinated transmission and generation investment.
On 4 May 2022, the ESB published a consultation paper that seeks feedback on four model options that have been developed through significant stakeholder consultation. The purpose of this webinar is to give stakeholders the opportunity to ask clarifying questions and to discuss the key challenges and trade-offs associated with the various models.
Going forward, the ESB will continue working with stakeholders to assess and so develop a preferred model to recommend to Ministers. The ESB anticipates that detailed design will be a hybrid model that incorporates one of the investment models and one of the operational models set out in this paper.
This session will be a collaborative event led by the ESB’s appointed Independent Facilitator. To promote well informed discussion, stakeholders are invited to submit questions on the information provided in the consultation paper to info@esb.org.au by 20 May 2022.
Registration closes: 3pm, Tuesday 24 May 2022
In its Post 2025 Market Design Review, the Energy Security Board recommended delivery of a three-year DER Implementation Plan. This plan sets out a range of technical, market and regulatory reforms to unlock value for all consumers through the effective integration of DER and flexible demand.
The ESB is working closely with market body colleagues and stakeholders to deliver activities prioritised for Horizon One of the Plan. A scope of works paper was published in December that outlines the activities and who is leading each process. This paper can be found here.
This workshop will be the first in a series of quarterly check-ins with stakeholders to enable a high-level discussion about the delivery of the DER Implementation Plan, building on engagement and consultation which is underway for each reform activity.
This session will be a collaborative event led by ESB with colleagues from AEMO, AEMC and AER. Please find registration details above.
A link to the forum and preparatory materials will be provided to registered stakeholders closer to the event date.
Registration closes: 3pm, Wednesday 30 March 2022
The ESB is inviting stakeholders and interested parties to register to participate in Customer Insights Collaboration workshops on the topic of barriers and enablers to customer reward for DER and flexible energy use. The workshops will bring a diverse group of customer, retailer, network, technology, market body, government, clean energy providers and academic stakeholders together to stand in the shoes of customers and generate insights that can feed into the DER Implementation Plan reform activities and inform adjacent policy or regulatory issues more broadly.
The workshops, which will be held virtually for Release One, and include a mix of expert presentations, large and small group discussions, and human-centred design exercises, will run for approximately three hours each.
The ESB will be working with members of the SSG for Release 1 to design and deliver the workshops. Further information about the agenda and background materials for the workshops will be circulated ahead of each session.
*Please note Workshop 3 has been rescheduled (originally 4 May) and will now be held on 24 May.
The ESB is inviting stakeholders and interested parties to register to participate in Customer Insights Collaboration workshops on the topic of barriers and enablers to customer reward for DER and flexible energy use. The workshops will bring a diverse group of customer, retailer, network, technology, market body, government, clean energy providers and academic stakeholders together to stand in the shoes of customers and generate insights that can feed into the DER Implementation Plan reform activities and inform adjacent policy or regulatory issues more broadly.
The workshops, which will be held virtually for Release One, and include a mix of expert presentations, large and small group discussions, and human-centred design exercises, will run for approximately three hours each.
The ESB will be working with members of the SSG for Release 1 to design and deliver the workshops. Further information about the agenda and background materials for the workshops will be circulated ahead of each session.
The ESB is inviting stakeholders and interested parties to register to participate in Customer Insights Collaboration workshops on the topic of barriers and enablers to customer reward for DER and flexible energy use. The workshops will bring a diverse group of customer, retailer, network, technology, market body, government, clean energy providers and academic stakeholders together to stand in the shoes of customers and generate insights that can feed into the DER Implementation Plan reform activities and inform adjacent policy or regulatory issues more broadly.
The workshops, which will be held virtually for Release One, and include a mix of expert presentations, large and small group discussions, and human-centred design exercises, will run for approximately three hours each.
The ESB will be working with members of the SSG for Release 1 to design and deliver the workshops. Further information about the agenda and background materials for the workshops will be circulated ahead of each session.
In its Post 2025 Market Design Review, the Energy Security Board recommended a congestion management model with REZ adaptations – the Congestion Management Model or CMM. The ESB subsequently established a process to work collaboratively with stakeholders to find solutions to the challenge of transmission access. As part of this process, the ESB published a project initiation document which gave stakeholders the opportunity to put forward alternative models.
The ESB received a strong response to its project initiation document. Submissions to the project initiation document can be found here. The purpose of the upcoming seminar is to give stakeholders the opportunity to explore the features of the various alternative models put forward by stakeholders. The session will inform the evaluation of the alternative models, or elements of these alternative models.
This session will be a collaborative event led by the ESB’s appointed Independent Facilitator. To promote well informed discussion, stakeholders are invited to submit questions on the various models to info@esb.org.au by 17 February. Submitted questions will be provided to model proponents prior to the event.
A link to the forum and preparatory materials will be provided to registered stakeholders closer to the event date.
Registration closes: 3pm, Wednesday 23 February 2022
In its Post 2025 Market Design Review, the Energy Security Board recommended a congestion management model with REZ adaptations (or CMM). National Cabinet subsequently instructed the ESB to progress detailed design work on the CMM and to bring back a proposed rule change to Energy Ministers by the end of 2022.
Ministers have advised the ESB that the design process should include a comprehensive consultation process and should take into consideration value for money, providing locational signals, and ensuring sufficient flexibility for jurisdictional differences.
The Energy Security Board will be holding a virtual public forum to provide stakeholders with more clarity about the approach and process that we intend to use to give effect to National Cabinet's decision on transmission access reform. At this forum we will:
Those interested in attending are invited to register through the form below.
A link to the forum will be provided to registered stakeholders closer to the event date.
Registration closes: 3pm, Wednesday 24 November 2021
For late registrations please email info@esb.org.au
It is impossible to overstate the scale and pace of change in Australia’s electricity sector. The new renewable based energy doesn’t fit well in the old system design. The design must change. This is the best chance we have of setting up Australia’s energy system for the future.
In the two years since energy ministers requested this work, we have consulted broadly, deeply and transparently across the sector with countless hours of meetings and hundreds of submissions. Your feedback throughout has informed our thinking and built on additional engagement on specific proposals carried out by the market bodies AEMO, AER and the AEMC.
The range of reforms we are now consulting on will enable us to better prepare for the retirement of coal, back-up power system security to keep the lights on, unlock the benefits of solar, batteries and smart appliances for consumers, and open up the grid to cheaper large-scale renewables.
The Energy Security Board finalises recommendations for the post 2025 energy market design for consideration by energy ministers mid-year.
This online session is a repeat of the online session that will be held on Tuesday 4 May 2021, 11am to 12pm - there is no requirement to attend both online sessions as the same material will be covered.
If you are attempting to register for this event after 12:30pm on Friday 7 May, please register here.