Dr Gabrielle Kuiper
DER Specialist & Guest Contributor
Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)
New South Wales
Dr Gabrielle Kuiper is an energy, sustainability and climate change professional with over 20 years’ experience in the corporate world, government and non-government organisations and academia. Dr Kuiper has held senior executive or senior advisory energy-related positions at the Energy Security Board, in the Office of the Prime Minister, at the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) and in the NSW Government. Dr Kuiper currently works internationally and in Australia on policy and regulation to support Distributed Energy Resources (DER), including with Integrate to Zero (I2Z) and as a guest contributor with the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). She is a Director of the Superpower Institute and sits on three industry and research advisory bodies.
Speaker agenda
Optimising DER for the transition
Gabrielle will discuss the topic of optimising DER for the transition, the economic benefits of DER integration, and the meta-analysis completed for IEEFA, suggesting a $19bn benefit by 2030 for the NEM. Additionally she will talk to how Integrate to Zero is developing a universal method of calculating these benefits and the work Arup is doing to develop a global benefits number. In relation to driving network services benefits Gabrielle will talk to her work on the IEEFA report on reforming the economic regulation of Australian electricity distribution networks, and will discuss the European and US experiences with DER for network services as a result of this research.
Panel: DER to CER and a consumer-led transformation of the electricity system to 2030
How to deliver benefits for all consumers, drive lower emissions and support a reliable and secure energy system? As residential and C&I solar installation increase on the SWIS, and a number of wind farms are constructed, the balancing act between generation and storage will continue to be a challenge. Large utility storage facilities being built will not be enough to manage the intermittency of clean energy generation, and the variability of demand. Increases in residential storage and EV mobile storage, and the orchestration of other BTM energy equipment could play a key role in absorbing load or acting as a net generator, as well as providing valuable network support and essential services. Establishing the regulatory framework, ensuring technology delivers required outcomes and enabling consumers to be part of the journey and are no worse off will be the ultimate goal.
