The Post-2025 reforms seek to unlock the full potential of consumer energy through arrangements that reward customers with flexible demand for responding to market conditions. This makes it harder for AEMO to balance supply and demand minute by minute as it operates the system and maintains a secure and stable grid, and also means customers cannot easily provide and be rewarded for flexibility for turning output up or down. However, most solar PV on rooftops today is ‘passive’, meaning it cannot change its output up or down in response to signals. Moreover, these benefits can help lower system costs for all consumers – not only those with rooftop solar. For households this flexibility can mean improved convenience and comfort, while for businesses more flexibility can mean greater productivity or a way to electrify their processes. Investments in rooftop solar, batteries and smart appliances can not only lower consumers’ bills but also provide them with new levels of control over their energy use. There are enormous opportunities arising from the way Australians have embraced solar on their rooftops, smart appliances and, increasingly, batteries and electric vehicles. By 2030, AEMO expects around 50 per cent of consumers, including large businesses, to use some form of consumer energy resources to participate in the demand side of the national electricity market.
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