EUAA Submission: National Electricity Amendment (Clarifying Mandatory Primary Frequency Response Obligations for Bidirectional Plant) Rule 2024
Emily Wood | January 25, 2024
‘…The EUAA is pleased to see that in writing the draft determination, the AEMC has taken the view to minimise the financial impact of MPFR on utility scale batteries that may have resulted in inefficient operation and dispatch of them. The EUAA supports the AEMC’s draft determination that will result in utility scale batteries having primary frequency response requirements (PFRR) when:
- Receiving a dispatch instruction to generate a volume greater than zero MW;
- Receiving a dispatch instruction to charge at a greater volume than zero MW; and
- Receiving a dispatch instruction to provide a regulation service.
And not when:
- When at rest and/or enabled solely for contingency frequency control ancillary services (FCAS)…’
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