EUAA Submission: NDCCEEW Review Of Long Duration Storage (Part 6 Of The Electricity Infrastructure Investment Act 2020)
Emily Wood | June 18, 2024
‘… The EUAA is a strong advocate for stable government policies that encourage investment without government unduly limiting technical capability or capacity. The current Consultation Paper combined with the Consumer Advocate’s and NDCCEEW’s interpretation of the EII Act are creating an environment of sovereign risk, discouraging investors and limiting technical capability of the NSW storage system.
The EUAA understands that the EII Act requires an additional 2GW and 16GWh of long duration storage (in addition to Snowy 2.0) by 2030, and that the NSW government is currently not on-track to achieve this outcome, even though it has 3.4GW of minimum 2-hour dispatch capacity either committed or anticipated. The EII Act, through stating 2GW and 16GWh, implies that the 2GW needs to be limited to release its capacity over 8h to achieve the requirement. NDCEEW have expressed their interest in changing the EII Act to 8GWh (i.e. 4-hours) with justification provided by new modelling that differs from all existing modelling…’
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