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Global Insights: 25th September 2018
AUSTRALIA AGL fails to report data and meet its emission targets in Victoria AGL, one of Australia’s largest energy companies, has come under fire from the Victorian Essential Services Commission (ESC) (the Victorian regulator) after failing to provide its 2017-18 performance report for energy retailing on time and failing to meet its emission offset levels. AGL stated that it was unable to provide the performance report due to limitations in their current reporting platform and the need to complete a ‘full rebuild’ of their reporting capability. This then pushed the ESC to suggest that there
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Presentation: Future Energy in Northern Ireland – the role of consumers / people
Future Energy in Northern Ireland – the role of consumers / people From: Catherine Mitchell Presentation to: Ulster University, SPIRE 2 event on Future Energy in Northern Ireland, Belfast, 20th Sept 2018 Summary Brief overview of energy system change Overview of rapid, unexpected change in Australia Overview of chosen, regulated change in NYS, US Brief look at IGov’s conclusions on the dimensions of fit for purposes governance – given the falling price of technologies; new system operation abilities; new customer / people preferences This presentation can be found here: Mitchell_Ulster University 20 Sep
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Presentation: BIEE 2018 Women in Energy
Women in Energy From: Catherine Mitchell Presentation to: BIEE 2018 Conference – Consumers at the Heart of the Energy System? 19th October, Oxford Summary Overview Personal strategies Corporate culture conference theme This presentation can be found here: BIEE 2018 Breakfast
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Global Insights: 18th September 2018
AUSTRALIA AEMC finalises decision on distributed energy resources register The Australian Energy Market Commission has made a final rule that will allow the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) to establish a register for distributed energy resources which includes household PV and storage. The rule will not come into effect until 1st December next year with information guidelines for the register published in June. The register will allow the market operator visibility of DER, especially home storage. Currently there are no schemes or subsidies in place for home storage which means AEMO is unable to see
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Presentation: Devolution and Defection in Energy Networks – workshop presentation by Helen Poulter
Devolution and Defection in Energy Networks From: Helen Poulter Presentation to: Workshop at 4th Energy and Society Conference, Exeter, 3rd September 2018 Summary: Current Australian figures for DER Policies and external circumstances leading to current installation figures Current conversations in Australia around DER integration Lessons learned for UK policy The presentation can be found here: Devolution and Defection in Energy Networks (1)
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Global Insights: 11th September 2018
AUSTRALIA New national leadership for Australia Following a vote of no confidence, with the final straw being the controversy over the National Energy Guarantee, Malcolm Turnbull has been replaced as the leader of the coalition government by the even more conservative Scott Morrison. The new Prime Minister has dropped the National Energy Guarantee in its current form, removing the Emissions Guarantee and leaving the Reliability Guarantee. He has suggested that new coal plants could be the way forward for Australia to provide reliability and cheaper energy bills. The Department of the Environment and Energy has
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Presentation: 4th Energy and Society Conference – Keynote presentation by Catherine Mitchell
Energy Transformation in a Divided World – Keynote Presentation From: Catherine Mitchell Presentation to : 4th Energy and Society Conference, Exeter, 3rd September 2018 Summary Definitions Context in GB Value in the energy system IGov overview role of governance for transitions in a divided world This presentation can be found here: 4th Energy and Society Conference – Mitchell
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New Thinking: Tales of the unexpected
Tales of the unexpected: A policy success story? Helen Poulter, IGov Team, 25th July, 2018 This blog has been written to provide an analysis of how Australia became the world leader in the percentage of households installing small-scale PV (<100kW). It will introduce the initial policies that were put in place at the national and state level which were intended to capture Australia’s solar resource to help reduce the country’s emissions. The blog will discuss other unrelated events happening at the same time which culminated in higher than expected adoption rates. It will also comment on
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Global Insights: 24th July 2018
AUSTRALIA AEMO releases Integrated System Plan The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) is the system operator and national transmission planner. This week AEMO released its inaugural Integrated System Plan (ISP) which builds on its annual National Transmission Network Development Plan. The idea behind the ISP is to give a more coordinated approach to system planning and a long term strategic plan for the future of the energy market which will incorporate the policies from the National Energy Guarantee and state-based policies. The plan recognises that there are fundamental changes happening within the Australian energy system
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New Thinking: The Lost Strategy and Policy Statement
The Lost Strategy and Policy Statement: Is Ofgem Really Working to the 2011 Social and Environmental Guidance? Catherine Mitchell, IGov Team, 18th July 2018 The rhetoric of GB Energy Policy is now firmly set on an energy policy path which is ‘smart and flexible’. This is set out in the Clean Growth Strategy, the Industrial Strategy and Ofgem’s Smart Systems and Flexible Plan. In August 2017, Ofgem set out their Strategy for Regulating the Future Energy Systems – which is an overview of the issues that energy systems are facing, and their plan for dealing with
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