PROGRAM:
COGENERATION
Cogeneration (producing electricity and useful heat
at the same time) offers significant environmental and
economic benefits, but back in 2011, ClimateWorks
identified there were many barriers making it hard
for small and larger urban cogeneration projects to
connect to the grid. A project that year convened a broad
cross-section of key stakeholders to design solutions
to these roadblocks which included recommended
changes to the National Energy Market (NEM). By July
2013, the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC)
indicated it would accept many of ClimateWorks’
recommendations and in April 2014, it did just that.
“ClimateWorks’ report successfully delivered the
first ever customer-led rule change in the national
electricity market.”
ANNA SKARBEK
CEO - CLIMATEWORKS
MAY
2015
OCT
2014
New National
Electricity Rules
(NER) came into
effect to improve
the process for
connecting larger
solar installations,
co and trigeneration,
wind and other
technologies to the
distribution network.
26
ClimateWorks releases the
Implementing the Connecting
Embedded Generation Rule
Project Outcomes Report.
Assessment of distributors’
performance in meeting
the new rule requirements
found a significant overall
improvement since the
rule change in October 2014,
with 83% of the distributors
meeting at least 35
of the 43 requirements
(81% compliance).