EUAA Submission: SA Electricity Development Plan
Emily Wood | February 14, 2025
‘… We understand that having firm capacity in the market means that “somebody” will need to make payments to the firm capacity owners so that the capacity is available when required, and approve of the SA and Federal Government’s foresight (through the Renewable Energy Transformation Agreement – RETA) to use SA as a test-bed for a capacity market that, if successful, could be rolled out NEM-wide.
However, the inaugural EDP has not provided the level of evidence or certainty to the EUAA and its members that the proposed methodology is the most cost-effective in the provision of a reliable and resilient electricity system. The EUAA supports evidence-based policy, and together with our members, will be looking closely at the roll out of the capacity scheme in SA with a view to how that might impact their businesses. Thus, being the test-bed for a potential national capacity market, SA requires a more detailed and transparent approach that we will expect for the 2025 EDP…’
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