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Webcast Optimising Consumer Energy Resources (CERs) in Australia

Enhance reliability, resilience, customer engagement and sustainability by gaining greater visibility across the low-voltage network. Discover how grid edge intelligence enables utilities to effectively manage rooftop solar, batteries, EVs and other CERs while supporting a more flexible and reliable grid.

Australian Energy Industry

CER and EV adoption are growing exponentially, and climate targets loom large. The Australian Energy Industry is rethinking distribution grid operations and evolving the role of Distribution Network Service Providers (DNSPs) across Australia. Adapting to this growth will require an array of new and fundamentally different approaches that attack the problem by working in from the edge of the network.

Powering use cases across millions of devices is what we do, and the low-voltage distribution network is where we live. Our customers are on the grid edge path already.

Itron's Grid Edge Solutions Portfolio enables DNSPs to evolve from AMI use case realization to real-time, grid edge infrastructure-based solutions and services.

Applications in the Grid Edge Solutions Portfolio solve business challenges from the substation to the consumer and beyond:

 

Australian LV-DERMS Solution

Itron's LV-DERMS solution for Australia builds on the strengths of our global platform but adds the necessary elements from our broad ecosystem of global partners to adapt to the rapid changes and distinctive requirements of the Australian market. Specifically:

  • DER Publisher, an evolution of Itron's Market Transaction System, ready for the change to JSON interface and purpose-built for the export of DOEs to the market and market participants
  • Distribution System State Estimation (DSSE) modeling software for the planning and continuous improvement of an LV network model that can support real-time operations
  • IEEE 2030.5 CSIP-AUS compliant utility server

The Future of Operational Forecasting has Landed in Australia

Learn more about a forecasting framework and the concept of Dynamic Operating Envelopes supporting a new market mechanism Australia is evaluating for growing and managing distribution energy resources (DER), particularly solar PV generation and battery storage.

  • 3M+, 2GW+
    DEM devices and load under direct management globally

  • 35+
    Active Utility programs use Itron DEM solutions​ globally

  • 58 MW
    photovoltaic
    control in
    Australia

Proven Solutions

  • Itron Forecasting

    Itron’s Metrix solutions are used by the world's largest system operators, including AEMO, for short-term forecast accuracy, reliability, scalability and flexibility. Combined with DER Optimizer, the solution scales to support forecasting at the transformer and NMI level to help utilities effectively manage challenges posed by DER by creating more accurate inputs to the DOE calculation process. Finally, our Metrix solutions also support long-term forecasting and used in conjunction with network planning tools provide a consistent model across short-term and long-term forecasting requirements.

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  • NEM Reform

    Prepare for NEM reform with greater visibility, forecasting accuracy and DER orchestration. Itron's solutions help retailers, utilities, DNSPs and aggregators manage a rapidly evolving grid through low-voltage visibility, DER forecasting, state estimation and market integration. Powered by IntelliFLEX, Metrix forecasting and market interfaces, the platform enables DER participation, supports emergency solar curtailment during MSL events and provides real-time analytics to enhance reliability, resilience and sustainability. With precise control of front-of-the-meter and behind-the-meter solar, battery and EV resources, organizations can optimize grid operations today while scaling for tomorrow's needs.

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Featured Use Cases

  • Turning Behind-the-Meter DERs into Grid Assets​

    DER adoption is growing exponentially. The integration of DERs at scale requires the adoption of an array of new and fundamentally different technologies that will significantly alter the utility-customer relationship.​

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  • Forecast Framework for DERs

    Distributed energy resource forecasts are critical to the real-time load forecasts that system operators require. Explore the Integrated Energy Forecasting Framework (IEFF) and how this concept has been extended to long-term load forecasting.

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  • Real-time Analytics and Optimization

    Turning DERs into true grid assets requires real-time visibility and situational awareness of DER operations and grid conditions. Leverage native integrations with Itron’s DI platform and networks to deliver real-time DER analytics and optimization at the edge with latencies that cannot be matched through purely cloud-based solutions.

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  • System Reliability

    Supplement your contingency and spinning reserves with firm load curtailment from DERs to ensure system reliability during weather- or event-driven emergencies.

  • Non-wires Alternatives

    Use DER control to manage localized congestion on your distribution network and defer significant infrastructure investments and upgrades, increasing the DER hosting capacity without compromising reliability.

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  • Grid Asset Protection

    Protect vulnerable distribution infrastructure from dangerous over-loading and over-voltage conditions driven by DERs through real-time monitoring, situational awareness and locally optimized control.

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