Submission to the WELS Independent Review Discussion Paper
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
In a period when many Australian governments are focused on large scale water supply and augmentation solutions, ATA is pleased to see the efforts being put towards water efficiency by the Commonwealth, as evidenced by this review of the WELS Scheme. An effective rating program is necessary to ensure that water efficient appliances and fittings achieve the large domestic water savings promoted by governments and green groups. For this reason, ATA is pleased to provide a submission to the Review’s Discussion Paper.
Submission to ESC Regulatory Review of Smart Meters
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
The Alternative Technology Association (ATA) welcomes the opportunity to provide comment on the Essential Services Commission’s Regulatory Review of Smart Meters.
With over 600 Victorian members operating microgeneration, ATA is well placed to provide feedback on the experience of micro-generators with the Victorian smart meter roll-out to date. In addition, ATA is also represented on the National Consumer
Roundtable on Energy.
Click here to view the submission: ATA Submission to ESC Smart Meter Regulatory Review – Fina…
AEMO Consultation on ‘Minimising Barriers to Cost-Effective Small Generator Participation in the NEM’
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
The Alternative Technology Association (ATA) welcomes the opportunity to contribute to AEMO’s Consultation on ‘Minimising Barriers to Cost Effective Small Generator Participation in the National Electricity Market’ (NEM).
ATA has over 1,500 members operating small generation units (SGUs) across Australia and advises proponents of medium scale generation projects on resource
assessment, project feasibility, grid connection and energy market participation issues. In addition, ATA is also represented on the National Consumer Roundtable on Energy and various working groups, including AEMO’s Demand Side Participation Working Group.
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Advice on ACT Feed-in Tariff
Saturday, January 30th, 2010
The ATA Energy Team was asked to provide specific advice and information regarding the ACT Feed-in Tariff, to assist the ACT Government with its review of the current ACT FiT Scheme.
Below is our response to the questions provided to us throught the ATA Canberra Branch:
Submission on Treatment of Solar Credits RECs under the RET (Discussion Paper 5)
Saturday, January 30th, 2010
The Alternative Technology Association (ATA) welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Department of Climate Change’s Discussion Paper 5 – The treatment of ‘Solar Credits’ Renewable Energy Certificates under the RET.
To view the submission, please click: ATA Submission to RET Disc Paper 5 Solar Credits – Final 280110
Submission to the Draft National Water Initiative Pricing Principles
Friday, December 18th, 2009
Step change decreases in rainfall, dying river systems and record low storage inflows in many parts of Australia in recent years have made plain the challenge of achieving water security for the country. In recent weeks towns in southern Queensland have run out of mains water1 while in Melbourne storages remain below 40% going into summer. While many jurisdictions are imposing water usage targets and restrictions in an attempt to conserve vital water storages, Australians are still using an excessive amount of mains supplied water relative to our climate and to the rest of the world. At the same time, gigalitres of wastewater and stormwater ‐ enough to satisfy the needs of major cities ‐ are unutilized. It has become apparent that Australia needs to systemically alter the manner in which it manages water.
For this reason, the Alternative Technology Association (ATA) appreciates the opportunity to comment on the National Water Initiative’s Pricing Principles. The structure of water pricing plays an important role in directing water policy. Of central importance is the need for pricing principles to support environmentally sustainable water management practices by consumers, retailers and policymakers alike.
Submission to Review of South Australia’s Solar Feed-in Scheme
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
The Alternative Technology Association (ATA) welcomes the opportunity to respond to the current Review of South Australia’s Solar Feed-in Scheme.
ATA is a not-for-profit organisation established in 1980 to empower our community to develop and share sustainable solutions and to promote the uptake of sustainable technologies. The organisation provides service to over 5,000 members nationally (including almost 600 in South Australia and with a very active branch), who are actively promoting sustainability in their own homes by using good building design and implementing water conservation and renewable energy technologies.
Submission to West Australian Feed-in Tariff Discussion Paper
Friday, November 20th, 2009
The Alternative Technology Association (ATA) welcomes the opportunity to respond to the West Australian Feed-in Tariff (FiT) Discussion Paper.
ATA is a not-for-profit organisation established in 1980 to empower our community to develop and share sustainable solutions and to promote the uptake of sustainable technologies. The organisation provides service to over 5,000 members nationally (including almost 600 in WA comprising membership of two separate branches), who are actively promoting sustainability in their own homes by using good building design and implementing water conservation and renewable energy technologies.
As Australia’s peak member-based organisation representing proponents of renewable micro-generation systems, ATA is in a unique position to highlight the experience of small-scale renewable energy system owners and their interaction with the energy market.
Submission to Smart Meter Working Group – Net Import / Export Calculation Capability
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
The Alternative Technology Association (ATA) has identified a need for all twin element meters to be able to calculate net export and net import both of active power (kW) and active energy (kWh) values.
Of the metering configurations specified in NSMP SMI Functional Specification version 0.21, this capability is required for the following:
- Single Phase / Two Element meters with Controlled Load Contactor (second element measures controlled load); and
- Single Phase / Two Element meters for on-site generation (second element measures on-site energy generation).
ATA Net Import Export Calc Capability Recommend to BRWG – Final 101109
COAG Review of Specific Renewable Energy Target Issues
Friday, October 30th, 2009
The ATA and EV and their members support a strong climate response involving the short and medium term deployment of renewable energy technologies at all scales across the country. Our members are actively engaged in the renewable energy and energy efficiency sectors, investing in both small scale embedded generation and water heating technologies along with remote stand alone systems as well as large scale renewable energy projects through GreenPower.
We note the intention of the three discussion papers to limit responses to the specific RET issues and questions outlined. However, the discussion papers fail to take into consideration the current market distortions that are undoubtedly the most significant risk to the scheme’s future success. We therefore provide a broad analysis of current RET issues, along with a more detailed response on the issue of the replacement of the RRPGP program.
Without scheme adjustments, current distortions will only further compromise the RET should the inclusion of additional small scale on and off-grid technologies occur. Notwithstanding a minor recovery in line with the expanded RET legislation being passed in late August, the REC price has seen a continual and rapid deflation over the past six months.
