DocumentCode :
2411709
Title :
Congestion management within the Australian National Electricity Market
Author :
Thorpe, Gregory H.
Author_Institution :
CRA Int., Melbourne, Vic.
fYear :
2005
fDate :
7-7 Oct. 2005
Firstpage :
206
Lastpage :
213
Abstract :
The paper presents a market-oriented review of the arrangements within the Australian national electricity market (NEM) for management of transmission network congestion. It asserts that as result of the combination of governance and market design the arrangements work satisfactorily, but not perfectly, in the short term, but less so in the longer-term. The reasons for this are described and an overview of work in hand to further refine the arrangements is presented. A brief summary of the key elements of the Australian market is provided as background. The paper notes that the NEM benefits from being a single unified market covering all parts of the interconnected network and thus does not suffer from "seams" issues or need to accommodate "through flows" from other pools. As a result it has been possible to give significant attention to a wide range of behavioural incentives to enhance efficiency. Where problems exist the most common cause identified is the lack of alignment between regulatory and competitive elements of the NEM and to a lesser extent between different authorities
Keywords :
power markets; power system management; power transmission economics; Australian national electricity market; congestion management; interconnected network; market-oriented review; transmission network congestion; Australia; Availability; Electricity supply industry; Energy management; Government; Power generation economics; Pricing;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
CIGRE/IEEE PES, 2005. International Symposium
Conference_Location :
New Orleans, LA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9191-8
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/CIGRE.2005.1532744
Filename :
1532744
Link To Document :
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