Rob Schlegl
Network Contracts Principal
Synergy
Western Australia
Robert is an AIE (Perth branch) Committee member whose current role is the Network Contracts Principal at Synergy, working within and supporting the Customer Business Unit. As a strategic and analytical energy professional he has gained broadexperience across the sector having also held senior roles with Western Power andHorizon Power. With a contractual and regulatory focus he has played a commercialadvisor role to a number of significant DER projects and trials in this time. Prior rolesinclude managing the energy portfolio for a major national shopping centresinvestment trust, and being a co-founder and director of a solar energy start-up,listing it on the ASX in 2000. Robert is a passionate advocate for clean energysolutions and has personally been an early adopter of rooftop solar, home batterystorage, heat pump HWS and a proud owner of an EV.
Speaker agenda
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.
