Powershop Australia Demand Response Program
Summary
Powershop Australias Curb Your Power program is one of 10 pilot projects awarded funding under the demand response initiative. The Curb Your Power program will run for three years and aims to deliver a total of 5 MW of emergency reserve through behavioural change and a smartphone monitoring app.The Powershop Australias Demand Response Program is delivering its reserve via behavioural response from residential and business customers in Victoria. When there is a peak demand event, Powershop notifies participants and asks them to voluntarily reduce their energy consumption for a set period of time. If participants reduce their usage and successfully hit their reduction target, they are rewarded with a power credit.Curb Your Power is supported by Reposit Power through their enabling of access to Reposit enabled batteries, in addition to firm capacity being provided through Monash Universitys cogeneration facility.