Recording: Optimising Consumer Energy Resources in Australia

60-minute session

Australia is leading the transition to a modern energy system to meet the country’s net-zero future through the rapid growth of consumer energy resources (CERs) including rooftop solar PV, battery energy storage systems, EV charging and other controllable loads.

Aggregators and retailers can capitalise on these CERs to facilitate emergency solar curtailment in cases of excessive generation and use the CERs for grid-balancing and VPP services. Real-time analytics can enable diversification to enhance reliability, resiliency, engagement and sustainability.

Access this recorded discussion, which will help you:

• Understand how to cope with the massive CER scale and uncertainties of LV networks
• Mitigate system security risks for solar export
• Drive measurement, and then control, to the edge to enable real-time decisions related to impending hyper-local problems

Speakers

Jacob George, Senior Product Manager, Distributed Energy Resources Management | Itron
Jacob George is responsible for driving the development and strategic direction of the DERMS product line at Itron. He has over 12 years of experience in the global energy sector, including oil & gas, renewables, energy efficiency and grid services. He has spent the last five years dedicated to developing DER management tools and VPP services. Jacob holds a Masters in Clean Energy Engineering from the University of British Columbia.

Theodora Karastergiou, Future Network and Planning Manager | Jemena Asset & Operations
Theodora manages teams responsible for planning for growth, planning for CER, and Reliability & Intelligence solutions which leverage smart meter data from Jemena’s electricity distribution network in Victoria. Theodora studied and worked in Europe (Greece, UK, Ireland) in the field of Water Engineering, before transitioning to the energy industry in more recent times, and enjoys the interplay between asset management, customer requirements, digital and regulation in providing essential utility services.

Tan Bui, Future Network Team Leader | Jemena Asset & Operations
Tan is responsible for minimum demand planning, integration of CER and power quality in Jemena’s electricity distribution network in Victoria. He has over 20 years of experience in the transmission and distribution system planning. He has spent the last 2 years working on the Solar PV Emergency Backstop project and DERMS deployment. Tan holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from RMIT University.