January 2023 Update
Welcome to our January 2023 update! We're back to fill you in on all that's new as we kick off 2023 with some big news. We hope you had a fantastic Christmas and New Year and had plenty of time to relax and refresh after a massive 2022.
In this newsletter:
RMI launches US-based VPP peak body with SwitchDin as founding member
SwitchDin joins 通用汽车 , Google Nest Pro and others as founding members of the Rocky Mountain Institute’s ( RMI ’s) newly established Virtual Power Plant Partnership (VP3), in an initiative to help catalyse potential for rapid growth of virtual power plants in the United States.
RMI is a leading nonprofit dedicated to accelerating the global energy transformation, and initial funding of the VP3 effort was made possible by General Motors and Google Nest in recognition of the critical work needed to tackle the challenges ahead. Other VP3 founding members include 福特 , SunPower Corporation and Sunrun .?
“The acceleration of clean energy and the electrification of transport and heating will lead to a more distributed electricity system capable of greater consumer participation and new prosumer focused energy service models. SwitchDin’s Stormcloud platform provides the operational tools to ensure distribution networks, market participants and EV fleet managers can provide new clean and resilient consumer services.”?
- SwitchDin founder and CEO Dr Andrew M. .
Read more about the RMI announcement here.
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SwitchDin's submission to AER ring-fencing waiver for community batteries
Community batteries* promise to change the way that homes and businesses engage with their energy and save money on their bills through new, clean technology options. The federal government has committed to finance 400 community batteries around Australia in the next four years (until 2025/26).?
This is great news. But we need to make sure that a variety of community battery ownership and participation models thrive, and to do this we need to create an environment of open data and competition.
SwitchDin welcomes the Australian Energy Regulator s' consideration of the accounting treatment of community batteries in the context of the Regulatory Asset Base. We see this as necessary, but not sufficient, to address the issues arising from the proposed class waiver.?
We share our recommendations on identified and other issues, which are elaborated in our submission to AER.
*'Community battery' is the official term being used by the Commonwealth Government for this particular consultation, which is the main reason we used it here.?
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The SwitchDin Team