❓ Hon Dr Steve Thomas asked about battery storage contracts held by Synergy, Western Power, and Horizon Energy. The parliamentary secretary responded that no contracts for the supply of energy have been signed, but Synergy has a contract for peak demand services.
AnsweredQoN 730Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
ENERGY
—BATTERY STORAGE CONTRACTS
730. Hon Dr STEVE THOMAS to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Energy:
I refer to the construction of the big battery storage in Western
Australia.
(1) What
contract for battery-stored energy has been negotiated and/or signed by the
following state entities for the supply of battery energy currently and in
future years —
(a) Synergy;
(b) Western Power; and
(c) Horizon Energy?
(2) For each contract, how much power has been contracted
over what time period?
—BATTERY STORAGE CONTRACTS
730. Hon Dr STEVE THOMAS to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Energy:
I refer to the construction of the big battery storage in Western
Australia.
(1) What
contract for battery-stored energy has been negotiated and/or signed by the
following state entities for the supply of battery energy currently and in
future years —
(a) Synergy;
(b) Western Power; and
(c) Horizon Energy?
(2) For each contract, how much power has been contracted
over what time period?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for some notice of the
question. On behalf of the Minister for Energy, I provide the following answer.
(1) No
contracts with big battery storage have been negotiated and/or signed by state
entities for the supply of energy currently or for future years.
(a) Not applicable. Synergy has a non-co-optimised
essential system services contract for reliability —th at is, peak demand services—with the
Australian Energy Market Operator for Synergy's 200-megawatt Kwinana stage 2 storage facility.
(b)–(c) Not applicable.
(2) Synergy's
contract referred to in (1)(a) is for peak demand services in the years 2024–25
and 2025–26.
question. On behalf of the Minister for Energy, I provide the following answer.
(1) No
contracts with big battery storage have been negotiated and/or signed by state
entities for the supply of energy currently or for future years.
(a) Not applicable. Synergy has a non-co-optimised
essential system services contract for reliability —th at is, peak demand services—with the
Australian Energy Market Operator for Synergy's 200-megawatt Kwinana stage 2 storage facility.
(b)–(c) Not applicable.
(2) Synergy's
contract referred to in (1)(a) is for peak demand services in the years 2024–25
and 2025–26.
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