FCAS Availability and Enablement Costs
Definition
AEMO operates eight FCAS markets paying for availability and delivery; under FPP, poor frequency contributors bear higher recovered costs for grid services.
Key Findings
- Financial Impact: AUD 200-400/MWh for FCAS enablement + availability payments; full cost recovery from poor performers (millions AUD annually for NEM participants)
- Frequency: Continuous market settlements
- Root Cause: Manual or slow frequency response failing to meet real-time requirements
Why This Matters
The Pitch: Electric Power Transmission companies in Australia 🇦🇺 overpay millions AUD yearly on FCAS for grid balancing failures. Automated FCAS optimization cuts these costs.
Affected Stakeholders
Ancillary service providers, Energy storage operators, Renewable generators
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Methodology & Sources
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Related Business Risks
Frequency Performance Payment Penalties
Grid Instability Outages
Incident Response Remediation Costs
Operational Downtime from Cyber Events
Capacity Loss from Failed Demand Response Events
Delayed Verification and Payment Drag in DR Administration
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