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Category: THE WEEKLY DISPATCH

The Weekly Dispatch is a blog post series summarising the latest developments in the Australian and global energy markets. With so much happening across the sector we want to provide a quick digest of developments we come across during the week. In a given week this could include wholesale market events, news articles, blogs, regulatory developments, academic articles or podcasts.

You know the drill

Posted on by Angela Vumbaca

In this Weekly Dispatch:

  1. Work on Snowy 2.0 stopped after refuge chamber concerns.
  2. AEMO released the Quarterly Energy Dynamics report for Q4 2024.
  3. ARENA is providing Western Power with $20.8 million to develop a commercial Distributed Energy Resources solution.
  4. Podcast of the week: The Catalyst discusses the challenges the agricultural industry faces with decarbonisation.

The Labor and the Trump

Posted on by Angela Vumbaca

In this Weekly Dispatch:

  1. Trump withdraws from the Paris Climate Agreement.
  2. Trump pauses wind energy development on US lands and waters.
  3. Labor has announced that it will give the CEFC $2 billion to help households and small businesses access loans for consumer energy resources.
  4. Podcast of the week:  Columbia Energy Exchange chat about what’s next for America’s Energy Policy.

Feed-in Frenzy

Posted on by Angela Vumbaca

In this Weekly Dispatch:

  1. The Essential Services Commission released its draft decision on the 2025-2026 minimum feed-in tariff, which is 0.04 cents per kilowatt hour.
  2. Storms hit NSW with 130,000 people without power.
  3. The AEMC has decided to allow South Australia to consider two additional power stations – Snuggery and Port Lincoln – as emergency backup power sources if needed.
  4. The UAE announces a new renewable energy facility capable of delivering 1GW of clean power uninterruptedly.
  5. Adamantem is investing in a solar-focused embedded network developer Microgrid Power.
  6. Podcast of the week: Bloomberg chats about the gas outlook and energy security.  

Running on Empty

Posted on by Angela Vumbaca

In this Weekly Dispatch:

  1. The ACCC produced an interim update on the East Coast gas market, highlighting that if investment is not made, there will be shortfalls in the future.
  2. Wholesale electricity prices roughly doubled in the December quarter in NSW and QLD compared to the previous year.
  3. More than 400,000 households are without power due to the fires in California.
  4. The world’s first 300MW compressed air energy storage plant is fully operational in China.
  5. Podcast of the week: Columbia Energy Exchange discusses how climate change is a catalyst for global conflicts.

Party in the New-S-A

Posted on by Angela Vumbaca

In this Weekly Dispatch:

  1. The South Australian government released their Electricity Development Plan which features our modelling.
  2. The AER released a report on the performance of the wholesale electricity market in 2024.
  3. The federal government approved HumeLink which will connect Snowy 2.0 to the grid.
  4. The AEMC made a final rule that allows aggregated CER to be dispatchable in the NEM.
  5. Workers earning less than $100,000 a year can buy EVs using low-interest loans.
  6. Podcast of the week: Alex Leemon chats about the characteristics of the NEM.

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Posted on by Angela Vumbaca

In this Weekly Dispatch:

  1. The Coalition unveiled their nuclear plan costings.
  2. The Federal Government procured 6.4 GW of renewable energy comprised of 19 projects using the Capacity Investment Scheme.
  3. The CSIRO released their draft report on GenCosts for 2024-2025.
  4. AEMO released their draft 2025 inputs assumptions and scenarios report.
  5. The Danish Energy Agency’s latest offer for new offshore wind capacity in the North Sea drew no bids.
  6. Podcast of the week:  On Let Me Sum Up they talk about the forthcoming NEM review and the Climate Change Authority’s 2024 Annual Progress Report.

Reviews, Reliability and Retailers

Posted on by Angela Vumbaca

In this Weekly Dispatch:

  1. AEMO warns consumers about potential blackouts due to a heatwave.
  2. The federal government has announced a review of the NEM’s wholesale market settings considering the design of the market post-2030.
  3. According to the Climate Change Authority Australia isn’t in progress to achieve the 2030 emissions goal and it needs to fall by 15 Mt CO2e each year (it fell by 3 Mt in FY 2024).
  4. The AEMC released their analysis of residential electricity trends and estimates that prices could be 13% lower in ten years’ time if the transition proceeds as AEMO expects.
  5. Retailers now need to receive customer consent to change their retail tariff after getting a smart meter installed on their premises.
  6. Podcast of the week:  Columbia Energy Exchange chat about the global 2024 energy outlook.

FERMing the system

Posted on by Angela Vumbaca

In this Weekly Dispatch:

1.      The South Australian Government released a consultation paper on their new Firm Energy Reliability Mechanism.

2. Solar PV installations in Australia hit the 4 million mark.

3.      The CEC released a paper estimating that utility-scale renewable generation can deliver $1 billion to farmers and $200 million to regional communities by 2030.

4.      The US spent $50 billion on distribution services in 2023 followed by transmission and generation.

5. Origin is expanding its Eraring battery from 1,070MWh to 1,770MWh.

6.      Podcast of the week:  SwitchedOn chat about solar PV uptake and neighbourhood effects.

Driving Change

Posted on by Angela Vumbaca

In this Weekly Dispatch:

1. Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging will be available for some cars in 2025.

2. 1400MW of large-scale renewable energy generation projects were committed in the third quarter of 2024.

3. Tender 3 is now open for the Capacity Investment Scheme, seeking 16GWh of projects.

4. Fruit bats are causing recurring power outages in remote areas of the Northern Territory.

5.      AEMO intervened to maintain system strength in Victoria.

6.      Podcast of the week: Columbia Energy Exchange chat about climate and trade policy.

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