Insights

• Efficiently: Data and DSR and flex demand are key issues ie network utilisation lowest unit cost meeting demand with supply
• System centralised or decentralised - technology agnostic enabler of data sharing and signals
• Threat demand for transparency on behaviour of wholesale market players with motive to hide their profiteering
• Opportunities for choice of functions for replacement smart meters for Dynamic operating envelope signals

Insights

• How do we create a system that enables emissions reductions and what is Jemean's role here?
• Jemena should be a technology agnostic enabler of consumer and technology choices.
• The system is moving towards LV distribution and away from HV therefore DNSP flexibility and orchestration to enable system stability, reliability and security of supply.

Insights

• Increased CER/ P V etc but limited orchestration.
• How to get many rooftops to operate as a coordinated single resource?
• How can orchestration benefit vulnerable cohorts or those who can't participate?
• How can orchestration enable better demand management to avoid / manage demand peaks (eg EV / EV charging)
• How can the market support / enable better use of batteries to manage demand and move effectively distribute energy?
• Commercial and industrial (C&I) customers have different ability to be flexible with demand - need to time shift orchestration & demand input. DNSPs can enable through data metering etc to understand demand and potential for flexibility. Will also maximise / optimise utilisation of the network.
• Use of appropriate technology for rooftop solar to maximise/maintain system strength / stability eg grid farming as opposed to grid following investors
• How much more demand will there be with gas substitution? How can orchestration assist?

Insights

• Step change is never quick enough however understands that a lot of strategic planning needs to be in place for that to happen.

Future forecasting:

• Uptake of retail consumption of renewables – solar
• Increase in battery installations. However cost will be a factor to be considered by customers
• Customers will like to see return on investment for solar
• Customer behaviour is changing how do you keep innovating
• More opportunity for sharing energy technologically and community

• Forecasting maximum demand - key assumptions - AEMO has very broad key assumptions and what's the relevance to Jemena?
• Flexible Demand - Convenience vs Incntive for customers to modify behaviour (level of flexibility assumed is variable unknown?)
• Rate of adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) could be different to what is assumed - business convenience
• Adoption of CER assumptions - impacted by incentives faced by landlords versus tenants to adopt
• Gvernment support for increasing adoption of CE R (and energy efficiency investment) by business and consumers - will it continue?
• energy of heritage buildings assumed compromised by planning rules
• Consumers may cause backlash against AEMO backstop measure to stop household solar PV
• Assumptions around orchestration of customers CER by third parties is yet to be proven, versus convenience for each customer