Energy Market For Smart People

1. What's really
driving electricity
price increases?

2. How the National Electricity Market Works
ill
Electricity B
Generator Transmission Retailer ‘your bill’
and Distribution

3. What really makes
up an energy bill?
14%
ill ill
Electricity B The retailer's
41% Electricity B
$
charges
Networks
34%
Wholesale
price of power
6% 5% the
Other carbon
green price
schemes
[1]
Building and New
maintaining infrastructure
of network makes your
bill higher
[1] Forecast data from Australian Government, National Energy Savings
Initiative Discussion Paper pg 5, for 2012-2013

4. Network expenditure
is growing fastest
2010 2015 2030
[2] [3]
$46 Billion $240 Billion
[2] Ernst and Young (2011) Rationale and drivers for DSP in the electricity market – demand and supply
of electricity Prepared for the AEMC Power of Choice Review - giving consumers options in the way they use electricity
[3] Australian Energy Markets Commissions, Fact Sheet 2: demand side participation and prices

5. How networks are used
12 12
11 1 11 1
10
9
2
3
Most of the 10
9
2
3
Peak time January
Rare peak times
8
7 5
4
time (day) 8
7 5
4
(evenings) (40 hours /year)
hot or cold days
6 6
100%

6. Network spending over five years
(2010-2015) = $46 billion
21.4
Peak
Demand
100%
$ Billion
Growth
+
24.6
Total $ Billion
annual
demand =
[2] Ernst and Young (2011) Rationale and drivers for DSP in the electricity
market – demand and supply of electricity Prepared for the AEMC Power
$ 46
Billion
of Choice Review - giving consumers options in the way they use electricity

7. The Solution
! 50%
A set of Will That could
[4]
smart system unlock save billions
changes benefits
[4] Think Small 2012: The Australian Decentralised Energy Roadmap. Institute for Sustainable Futures,
University of Technology Sydney.

8. Where will the savings come from ?
22608 MW
19 %
46
Cogen-trigen
Energy efficiency
(10423MW)
% (4216MW)
Storage
2% (380MW)
4% Local renewables
25 % (875MW)
Local bioenergy
(1032MW)
5% Peak demand measures
(5682MW)
[4] Think Small 2012: The Australian Decentralised Energy Roadmap. Institute for Sustainable Futures,
University of Technology Sydney.

9. Why is it green?
73MT
CO2 per
year
Could save 35% More energy Prevents local
of Australia’s 2009 supplied by impacts of mining and
electricity sector renewables building high-voltage
emissions[4] transmission lines
[4] Think Small: The Australian Descentalised Energy Roadmap, ISF.
The International Energy Agency estimates up to 60% of global emissions reductions must come from efficiency.