Modelling the Impacts of Constrained Network Access
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Modelling the impacts of constrained network access Public report Public Utilities Office 1 October 2018 Notice Ernst & Young (“we” or “EY”) has been engaged by the Public Utilities Office (“you”, “PUO” or the “Client”) to provide electricity market modelling services to assist the PUO in investigating the relative financial impacts of implementing a constrained network access regime on existing and new generators in the Wholesale Electricity Market (the “Services”), in accordance with our Letter of Appointment dated 21 November 2017 and the Panel Contract. The enclosed report (the “Report”) sets out the modelling methodologies, key data inputs and assumptions and the outcomes of the modelling. The methodology described, together with the scenarios and assumptions used, have been agreed with the PUO, as a result of a public consultation process undertaken in March 2018. 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Public Utilities Office Modelling the impacts of constrained network access Executive Summary EY has been engaged by the Department of Treasury’s Public Utilities Office (PUO) to provide electricity market modelling services to assist the PUO in investigating the impacts of implementing a constrained network access regime in the Wholesale Electricity Market (WEM) in Western Australia (the Project). The objective of the modelling is to quantify the relative financial impact to generators and whole of system outcomes as a result of this transition being complete in 2022. The modelling was conducted for the period from 1 July 2022 to 1 July 2032 (the Study Period). A number of scenarios were examined to account for uncertainties in future electricity demand and supply availability. This report presents two scenarios selected by the PUO which explore changes in supply and demand balance outlook focussing on the relative impact on generator dispatch due to alternative network access frameworks. The scenarios were developed by the PUO, in consultation with EY and based on feedback received through a public consultation process held by the PUO in March 2018. Table 1 provides an overview of the two scenarios that are presented in this report. Apart from demand forecasts, the scenarios use a consistent set of input assumptions, including individual generator technical parameters and costs. Demand assumptions are based on the Australian Energy Market Operator’s WEM Electricity Statement of Opportunities forecasts. These are described in detail in Appendix B of this Report. Table 1: Overview of the scenarios Assumption Base Scenario High Scenario Demand forecast Expected High Partially Constrained Partially Constrained Network access cases modelled Fully Constrained Fully Constrained Unconstrained (Firm) In each scenario two cases were modelled: Partially Constrained Access and Fully Constrained Access. In addition, a third case; Unconstrained Access, was modelled in the Base Scenario. These three cases can be described as follows: ► Partially Constrained Access represents the status quo in the WEM. In this case existing generators maintain their firm access entitlements but new entrant generators are subject to generation curtailment in response to network congestion. ► Fully Constrained Access represents the full implementation of the constrained network access reform. In this case both existing and new entrant generators are subject to generation curtailment in response to network congestion. ► Unconstrained Access represents a complete return to the firm access regime in the WEM. This involves all existing and new entrant generators having Unconstrained Access entitlements. For the purposes of this exercise, sufficient transmission network capacity is assumed to be built and funded by the Western Australian Government to ensure all generators have firm, unconstrained access to the network. In each scenario and case, EY conducted time-sequential half-hourly electricity market modelling of the WEM over the Study Period to forecast new entrant generator capacity on an economic basis. The modelling uses EY’s electricity market dispatch software, 2-4-C® with offers (bids) for each individual generating unit (Synergy units are also modelled with offers on an individual basis) that form a merit order allowing dispatch and the balancing market price to be computed for each half hour. The generating unit offers were developed from an extensive benchmarking exercise of the Public Utilities Office Modelling the impacts of constrained network access EY | i 2016-17 historical financial year. The benchmarking methodology and outcomes are described in Appendix A of this Report. The network constraint equations used in each case were developed by Western Power and the PUO. These include a set of candidate new entrant technologies and locations, based on the public consultation process held by the PUO in March 2018. The capacity market was modelled separately, using a formula from the WEM Market Rules to forecast the reserve capacity price based on the difference between the total amount of allocated capacity credits and the reserve capacity requirement (RCR) in each modelled year. The capacity credits allocated to each generator was determined by the PUO using the latest version of its capacity credit allocation tool. This tool uses methods previously