How licence conditions on reliability interact with the AER incentive mechanisms

IPART asked us to prepare a report explaining the interaction between the licence provisions applying to the NSW electricity distribution…

Regulatory options to reduce constraints on DER exports

We recently prepared a report for IPART that assesses options for modifying the regulatory framework to provide the NSW distribution…

Project EnergyConnect reaches the final step in the regulatory process

Project EnergyConnect (PEC) is the proposed new interconnector between NSW and South Australia that is being developed jointly by TransGrid…

Review of ARENA Reliability Portfolio

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) maintains a ‘Reliability Portfolio’ through which funding is provided for projects that seek to…

QNI Upgrade completes the regulatory process

An upgrade to the capacity of the existing interconnector between NSW and Queensland has been identified by AEMO as a…

Designing a pricing mechanism for distributor-led standalone power systems

MT PASA rule change proposal

The Australian Energy Market Commission asked HoustonKemp to assess one of the proposals in a rule change request from ERM…

Estimating avoided dispatch costs and the profile of VPP operation a methodology report

SA Power Networks (SAPN) asked HoustonKemp to estimate the value of grid-sourced energy that would be displaced by relieving constraints…

Will revocation of the NGP derogation contribute to the NGO

Decision-making mechanisms for transition to Stand-alone Power Systems

This paper summarises the outcomes of a workshop facilitated by HoustonKemp in November 2017 on the appropriate framework for customers…

Consistency of SAPNs Kangaroo Island RIT-D with the regulatory requirements

The Australian Energy Regulator asked HoustonKemp to undertake an independent review of the application of the RIT-D by SAPN to…

ElectraNet public forums in Port Lincoln

HoustonKemp has been working with ElectraNet on a RIT-T assessment of options for electricity transmission upgrades on the Eyre Peninsula. …

Powering Sydney’s Future

As part of its Powering Sydney’s Future (PSF) RIT-T assessment, TransGrid has published a report prepared by HoustonKemp on the…

Retail margin methodology

HoustonKemp has prepared a report for ActewAGL Retail, in relation to the ICRC’s draft decision to change the methodology for…

VCR estimates and transmission reliability

We were engaged by TransGrid to determine Value of Customer Reliability (VCR) estimates suitable for customers experiencing low probability but…

COAG Energy Council review of Limited Merits Review

Our Partners, Ann Whitfield and Greg Houston, were pleased to join Paul Kenny, Prof Graeme Samuel and Geoff…

AER Determination for ActewAGL Distribution

Greg Houston prepared an expert report for ActewAGL Distribution, evaluating the Australian Energy Regulator’s draft distribution determination for the 2015–19…

Efficiency Benefit Sharing Schemes

Ann Whitfield, Brendan Quach and Ehson Shirazi prepared a report for ActewAGL Distribution illustrating Efficiency Benefit Sharing Schemes…

Comments on AER Draft Benchmarking Report

Ann Whitfield and Oliver Nunn provided a report for Grid Australia commenting on the AER’s draft Annual Benchmarking Report…