The Reliability and Emergency Reserve Trader (RERT) is a mechanism put in place when the available electricity supply in the market cannot meet forecast demand …
What is RERT and why is my business being billed for it?
Alcoa’s Portland Smelter gets $160m electricity deal to act as giant virtual battery
Alcoa’s Portland aluminium smelter, which accounts for up to 10 percent of Victoria’s electricity demand, has just signed a demand response subsidy deal that will …
Negawatts: Selling negative electricity consumption into the wholesale market
An exciting proposal has been put forward by the Australian Energy Market Commission to allow businesses to sell their curtailed energy demand – negawatts – …
Why did Victoria experience a power blackout and why wasn’t it averted?
The National Energy Market’s Reserve Trade Demand Response mechanism was not enough to prevent a power blackout in Victoria in January, and the breakdown of …
RERT energy reserve system was not enough to prevent blackout – Smelter shut down as blackout warnings persist
Victoria and South Australia avoided a blackout on Thursday after the Australian Energy Market Operator ordered Alcoa Australia to power down for an hour and …
