CGC
All you ever wanted to know about
the electricity crisis
3 Major issues to discuss
• What is the nature of the crisis and how long can
we expect to endure it?
• What will be the major impact of the crisis?
• What opportunities does the crisis present?
System Status Terms
Balancing Supply & Demand
The Load Reduction Process
About Load Shedding
So what can be worse
than load shedding?
Electricity Price Path
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c/kWh 50
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Tariff Determination Basics
So what do these 2 impacts mean?
• Fundamentally altered how organisations and
consumers are planning for energy security;
• Massive increases in electricity pricing has meant
more and disposable income is going toward
electricity or resulting in non payment;
• Electricity prices are now more expensive that self
generation options
• As demand falls away through increasing self
generation prices have to rise further meaning more
demand decline;
Consequence is a fundamentally
different energy system
• Consumers Become
Energy Producers
• Generation
Becomes More
Flexible
• T & D Becomes
More
Controllable
and Resilient
• Loads Become More
Interactive and Dynamic
What’s in it for me?
• The crisis is very different from 2008 – this is a much
longer term issue
• You can’t have a digital strategy without including
energy security strategy
• You need to consider the impact of lack of electricity
will have on consumer’s access to platforms and how
pricing for electricity will have on incomes
• Time is here to drive the transition to a renewable
energy future.