The Coordinator of Energy (Coordinator) has undertaken a review of the participation of Demand Side Response (DSR) in the new Wholesale Electricity Market (WEM) under clause 2.2D.1 of the WEM Rules.
The Coordinator has published an Exposure Draft of the WEM Amending Rules to implement the outcomes of the DSR Review. This includes:
- Changes to increase transparency about constrained access loads, including integration of these arrangement into the Reserve Capacity Target and the Network Access Quantity Framework (Review Outcome 1);
- Improved guidance on when a hybrid facility comprising a Load and Electric Storage Resource can register as a Demand Side Programme (DSP) rather than a Scheduled Facility (Review Outcome 2);
- Changes to allow a hybrid facility have secondary revenue quality metering, installed by the Network Operator, on a Separately Certified Component of a Facility, to allow it to register that Separately Certified Component as a separate facility (Review Outcome 3);
- Implementing a dynamic baseline to measure DSP performance during dispatch and testing (Review Outcome 4); and
- Introducing a methodology for rotating the dispatch of DSPs (Review Outcome 12).
View the Demand Side Response: Exposure Draft of WEM Amending Rules on our website.
Stakeholders are invited to provide written feedback on the Exposure Draft before 5:00pm 24 April 2024 by submitting comments to energymarkets@dmirs.wa.gov.au.
