EnergyAustralia Pty Ltd (EnergyAustralia) has paid 10 infringement notices totalling $750,000 issued by the AER for alleged breaches of the National Electricity Rules (Electricity Rules).
The AER issued the infringement notices as it believed on reasonable grounds that EnergyAustralia breached:
- clause 4.9.8(a) of the Electricity Rules on five occasions, by failing to ensure that four of the battery energy storage systems it manages in NSW and VIC complied with FCAS dispatch instructions from AEMO
- clause 4.9.8(d) of Electricity Rules on five occasions, by failing to ensure that these four battery energy storage systems could fulfil FCAS offers submitted to AEMO.