For more than a decade (since soon after the company was founded in 2000) we have been an active supporter of large energy users obtaining significant benefits from Demand Response in Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM).
In the NEM we have been doing this for many years through the supply of our deSide product, plus through a range of other products and services (call us if you’d like to learn more of the specifics +61 7 3368 4064).
Our clients have achieved cost savings of seven figures on their average cost of energy. As a general guide, savings of 20% of the average cost of energy in their electricity contracts are possible, as we noted back in 2009.
{Since the competitive electricity market opened in Ontario in 2002, we have also had large energy users use our ez2viewOntario software to facilitate their demand response services in that market}
As already noted, we strive to remain agnostic to the technology used in energy supply – and see demand response as one more “technology” that should be used in efficiently balancing supply and demand on a level playing field.
Paul was one of the founders of Global-Roam in February 2000. He is currently the CEO of the company and the principal author of WattClarity. Writing for WattClarity has become a natural extension of his work in understanding the electricity market, enabling him to lead the team in developing better software for clients.
Before co-founding the company, Paul worked as a Mechanical Engineer for the Queensland Electricity Commission in the early 1990s. He also gained international experience in Japan, the United States, Canada, the UK, and Argentina as part of his ES Cornwall Memorial Scholarship.
Our guest author, Mike Williams, has prepared a review of January and February 2016 in the South Australia – and what it would have meant for energy users with spot exposure, using Demand Response
A threshold for accuracy and threshold for bias has been set to evaluate whether a load’s baseline methodology is acceptable for the Wholesale Demand Response mechanism. Just prior to the publication of the Wholesale Demand Response Guidelines (final) the draft…
University of Queensland PhD candidate, Nicole Lashmar, is conducting a research project which aims to identify the motivations, risks and opportunities for businesses when deciding to participate in demand response programs.
Wednesday evening 11th June 2025 was a period of tight supply-demand balance, hence energy price volatility – and so this article reviews the response of the demand-side.
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