In submissions lodged today, the Clean Energy Council has provided its broad support for the Energy Security Board's (ESB) direction for the future design of the National Electricity Market (NEM), but outlined its opposition to the Australian Energy Market Commission's (AEMC) transmission access reform proposal (more commonly referred to as the co-ordination of generation and transmission investment – COGATI – initiative).
Clean Energy Council Chief Executive, Kane Thornton, said that the energy market framework was in clear need of change to ensure that it would be able to support a renewable energy future.
"These proposed market reforms represent a significant redesign of the Australian energy market that can encourage the much needed investment in energy generation, storage and services that we require to provide clean, reliable and low-cost power.
"The energy system we have in place today is the legacy of another era and isn’t fit to support the new, more distributed, flexible, intelligent and clean energy generation that we need and want.
"We broadly welcome the high-level directions outlined in the ESB's Post-2025 Market Design Consultation Paper, noting significant detail still needs to be developed across each of the market design initiatives.
"In particular, we are pleased to see the work to value essential system services and better integrate distributed energy resources."
Thornton said, however, that the Clean Energy Council did not support one of the seven market design initiatives relating to transmission access and the COGATI proposal.
“清洁能源188金宝搏安卓下载188bet188委员会仍然坚定地反对AEMC提出的传播机构改革，这将在杜兰顿表示，在增加风险，复杂性和成本的同时，这一额外的速度较好地改善了发电和传播的协调。”
This reform will fundamentally alter current market operations through the introduction of locational marginal pricing and financial transmission rights. The AEMC also proposes to move to dynamic loss factors, which will be more volatile and unpredictable than the current, already problematic marginal loss factor regime, without any capability for generators to manage the associated risks.
A recent member survey conducted by the Clean Energy Council found that the COGATI reform would add 1.4 per cent risk premium to new projects, as well as existing projects as they seek to refinance over the next few years ($18 billion of project debt needs to be refinanced between now and 2025).
This would result in a $5.50/MWh increase to wholesale prices, equivalent to approximately $990 million in additional consumer costs across the NEM.
对于州政府来说，这种风险溢价增加将提高满足可再生能源目标的成本。对于昆士兰州，它每年和维多利亚州的约5500万美元，这将超过每年2700万美元的费用。
"The AEMC’s analysis is premised on over 20 GW of avoided investment in new generation by 2040. This fails to recognise the broader economic and societal benefits of new investment. Without this investment, we would miss out on a $36 billion injection into the economy, and 30,000 construction and installation jobs and 2000 ongoing operations and maintenance jobs would not proceed," said Thornton.
"The COGATI proposal is a case of the wrong reform at the wrong time. It will have a chilling effect on investment at a time when we need to be attracting new investment to replace ageing thermal generators and stimulate economic activity in response to COVID-19.
"With these high costs and risks, we cannot support the proposal. We encourage the AEMC to down tools on this reform proposal in order that AEMC and industry resources can be redirected to more pressing issues within the ESB's market reform package, as well as actioning of the Integrated System Plan, development of renewable energy zones and addressing connection issues," he said.
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