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Post Implementation Review - Fast Frequency Response_19 April

18 Apr 2024

• Additional reporting requirements for AEMO in its quarterly report on power system frequency, to communicate the basis on which it determined the quantity and type of any market ancillary service or combination of market ancillary services it procured, including, to the extent that is relevant, the relationship between the volume of the market ancillary services procured and the levels of inerti. [...] • Additional reporting requirements for AEMO in its quarterly report on power system frequency, to communicate the basis on which it determined the quantity and type of any market ancillary service or combination of market ancillary services it procured, including, to the extent that is relevant, the relationship between the volume of the market ancillary services procured and the levels of inerti. [...] Specifically, for the FFR initiative, the plan outlined: • Go-live Criteria Management – The criteria for decision making on readiness for the initiative to go-live in line with rule commencement timeframes and the efficient operation of the NEM and approach for the initiative. [...] The provision of the new R1/L1 services is likely to provide a more efficient mix of frequency control ancillary services under the projected levels of inertia in the medium to longer-term relative to the continuation of the current market ancillary service arrangements (or other alternative arrangements). [...] The responses of these units, among other units and factors more generally, contributed to the containment of the power system frequency within the limits specified in the Frequency Operating Standard (FOS).22 The figures highlight the respective speed in which they were able to respond, and as a result earn revenue via the new VF FCAS markets.

Authors

Anja Keyes

Pages
20
Published in
Australia