The focus of the 2019 economic regulatory framework review is the integration of distributed energy resources into the energy market system, which is one of the AEMC's strategic priority areas of reform.

This report summarises the key learnings and innovation opportunities for large scale battery storage projects in Australia based on specific project insights gathered through the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), Aurecon’s industry experience, and publicly available information.

The National Electricity Market (NEM) has remained relatively unchanged since the market started in the late 1990s. Since then, the mix of generation technologies, patterns of energy use and government energy policies have changed significantly. This issues paper has been released as a first step in reforming the NEM to meet Australia's future energy needs.

This report addresses the challenges that distribution network service providers, regulators, governments and policy makers will face as Australia makes the transition to a distributed energy resources future.

This paper provides new perspectives and deeper analysis on the role pumped hydro energy storage and strategic transmission developments can play in lowering costs to consumers.