Grid innovation: the role of transmission in the
evolving energy ecosystem
Peter McIntyre, Managing Director
7 October 2015
About us
Owner and operator of the NSW transmission
network, we supply:
3 million homes and 30,000 businesses
12,900 km transmission lines
99 substations
2,300 optical fibre
Keeping you and your way of life
connected- 24/7
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Grid of the future
˃ Shift towards renewable sources of
generation, both large scale and distributed
˃ Smarter ways of managing peak demand,
including integration of batteries
˃ Widespread adoption of energy efficiency
initiatives
˃ Increased access to local generation
The grid of the future will look very
different to the grid of today
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Innovative solutions for customers
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Leveraging our extensive
communications network
˃ Focus on innovative, tailored customer
solutions
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Providing diverse and independent services
for our customers
˃ Long term build, own, operate and
maintain contracts
We’re more than a network
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Our evolving customer profile
Telecommunications
Traditional
Infrastructure
70% of new connection agreements over the last 2 years with renewable generators
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Enabling large
scale solar
˃ First solar PV generator
connected to the network
˃ Increased interest in solar
connections, set to continue
˃ Identification of connection
locations and capacity
We’re enabling large scale solar
across the state
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Active in research and development
Committed to driving grid innovation, we are exploring ways to integrate storage
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Collaboration
˃ 1,700 energy users and community
members engaged in 2013/14
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Powering Sydney’s Future
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5 year business plan
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Annual planning process
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Project planning
˃ Tailoring solutions for our customers
We’re integrating the views of customers
and consumers into our business plans
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Renewable
Energy Hub
˃ Share connection costs
New England
region
NSW
˃ Maximise network access
˃ Ensure quality of supply
Our Renewable Energy Hub could bring 700MW additional connections to a constrained area
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Our role in the evolving energy ecosystem will be
different than it has been in the past. We are now more
than a network and we look forward to a bright future.