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Social licence recommendations
- October 27, 2022
- Posted by: adennison
- Category: electricity transmission, energy
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Farrierswier staff Richard Owens and Claire Rozyn are very pleased to have assisted the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) in developing final recommendations on social licence as part of the AEMC’s transmission planning and investment review. These recommendations capture opportunities for additional guidance in the Rules and by the AER to assist transmission businesses and
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How to enable the transmission investment necessary to implement the ISP
- July 13, 2022
- Posted by: adennison
- Category: electricity transmission, energy
AEMO published its 2022 Integrated System Plan (ISP) on 30 June 2022 setting out the investment needed over the next 30 years to transition the energy sector to a future dominated by renewable energy. Implementing the ISP will require an unprecedented level of investment in new electricity transmission infrastructure. AEMO forecasts that around 10,000 km
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New regulatory sandboxing tools for the energy sector
- July 7, 2022
- Posted by: adennison
- Category: energy
The energy sector is highly regulated and can be complex to navigate, particularly for new entrants and innovators wanting to test new technologies, products or services that could benefit customers. Governments and regulators in a range of sectors in Australia and overseas have responded by implementing ‘regulatory sandboxing’ tools that can enable trials of innovative
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Gas infrastructure in New Zealand: where to from here?
- October 11, 2021
- Posted by: adennison
- Category: electricity and gas distribution, energy
Planning for the future can be tricky, especially in the complex world of gas infrastructure where there is drive to transition away from natural gas. To help overcome this challenge in New Zealand, farrierswier consultants Eli Grace-Webb and Geoff Swier have been chairing a working group consisting of gas infrastructure businesses, the Ministry of Business,
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Insights report for the AER’s draft Better Resets Handbook
- September 23, 2021
- Posted by: adennison
- Category: energy
The Australian Energy Regulator has published a draft Better Resets Handbook on consumer-centric network proposals. The draft Handbook sets out how the AER intends to incentivise electricity and gas network businesses to develop regulatory proposals that are well-justified and driven by genuine consumer engagement. Farrierswier assisted the AER with developing its approach to the Handbook.
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Insights report for the AEMC
- March 29, 2021
- Posted by: adennison
- Category: energy
Robert McMillan, Richard Owens and Eli Grace-Webb from farrierswier prepared an insights report for the AEMC as part of its rule change on access, pricing and incentive arrangements for distributed energy resources (DER). We are pleased our report helped the AEMC consider and advance this important DER integration reform. Having worked on decades of prior
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State of DER Technology Integration Report – Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)
- February 26, 2021
- Posted by: adennison
- Category: energy
This State of Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Technology Integration Report provides a valuable stocktake of what is needed and where we are in terms of integrating DER technology into the distribution and bulk power systems. Working with key organisations and leaders in their respective fields of this integration challenge, farrierswier was able to bring together
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Aurora Energy’s verification report
- August 6, 2020
- Posted by: adennison
- Category: electricity and gas distribution, energy
Review of Aurora Energy’s proposed customised price path is underway; farrierswier’s recent verification report provided an independent perspective to help inform the New Zealand Commerce Commission. In New Zealand, an electricity distribution business that wants to apply to the Commerce Commission (the Commission) for a customised price-quality path (CPP) for its network tariffs must engage
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State of Distributed Energy Resources Technology Integration
- May 15, 2020
- Posted by: adennison
- Category: energy
Farrierswier is excited to be working with the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and GridWise Energy Solutions to develop a State of Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Technology Integration Report that will help industry stakeholders better understand the breadth and nature of key ARENA and non-ARENA distributed energy resource projects. The project will create a framework
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Farrierswier support to the NewReg project
- April 17, 2018
- Posted by: adennison
- Category: energy
In March 2018, the Australian Energy Regulator (AER), Energy Consumers Australia (ECA) and Energy Networks Australia (ENA) released NewReg, (https://www.aer.gov.au/news-release/consultation-launched-on-new-approach-to-network-regulation) an enhanced, more open approach to electricity network regulation to be tested via a trial with Victorian electricity distribution network AusNet Services. Farrierswier is pleased to have provided consulting support to the NewReg project including