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As Australia’s grid expands and evolves, developers and owners of distribution-connected batteries face a new choice. They can accept non-firm network access through dynamic connection agreements or tariff arrangements, which reduce their network costs but limit market revenue. Or they can pay more for unconstrained network access that guarantees network capacity but ties up capital. […]

We’re proud to share that OptiGrid has been selected by Hepburn Energy – Australia’s first community-owned wind farm – to optimise trading for their upcoming 5MWh battery, making it the first community-owned wind plus battery hybrid on the NEM.   Since 2011, Hepburn Energy has led the charge in community-powered renewables, helping Daylesford and surrounds […]

Yesterday evening delivered the longest run of extreme prices so far this winter. From 4 to 9 pm, every mainland region spent long stretches with prices mostly around $10,000/MWh, occasionally hitting the Market Price Cap. Sustained low wind generation right as demand ramped into the evening caused the reserve margin to erode, triggering extreme prices. […]

As of this week, AEMO’s Frequency Performance Payment (FPP) procedure has become financially operational, changing how generators, large loads and batteries are rewarded (or penalised) for their real-time impact on system frequency.   Under the new regime: 1 – FPP introduces double-sided performance payments, rewarding helpful frequency response and penalising poor performance. 2 – It […]

Not all batteries play the same “game”.   Battery storage systems generate revenue through a mix of market and non-market mechanisms, including wholesale arbitrage, offtake agreements, capacity schemes, and more. Operational strategies are therefore shaped by the owner’s commercial objectives – whether it’s energy trading, risk hedging, or portfolio support.   To unpack this, we […]

Last week marked the best-performing week of 2025 for BESS in NSW, delivering more than $2.2 million in market revenue across the week. Spot prices surged past $10,000/MWh across multiple intervals in 3 different days, creating a strong opportunity for batteries to extract great value from the market.   We analysed several Scheduled BESS in […]