Energy regulator investigates potentially illegal generator behaviour

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Australian Energy Regulator chairwoman Clare Savage said generators had been interviewed about their behaviour in the lead-up to the electricity market suspension in June.

, Ms Savage warned the road to net zero emissions by 2050 would be “lumpy”, but hoped changes to the grid would help smooth the transition.

“I’m not sure you can say it’s not illegal. There are provisions under the rules that require generators not to do anything that might intentionally or recklessly contribute to AEMO having to direct them into the market,” she told“We have to look at whether we think there has been a breach of rules and whether there is sufficient evidence to take action.”

Generators are expected to receive compensation totalling hundreds of millions of dollars for putting more supply into the market while the wholesale electricity market was suspended. “Part of the challenge for us, I think, is to make sure we have the mechanisms in place to smooth that transition as much as possible.”which will pay providers to ensure there is enough dispatchable generation when coal and gas exits the grid. It is being introduced by the Energy Security Board by mid-2025.

 

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