🎧 Listen — Bidding Blind: The Hidden Threat to Australia’s Clean Energy Transition

6 May 2025
Why battery economics are under threat—and what needs to change.

Our Policy Manager, Bethany Richards, sat down with Australian energy experts Alan Reid (Reposit), Paul Moore (Viotas), and Wendel Hortop (Modo Energy) to unpack a critical challenge facing Australia’s energy transition.

While batteries are essential for a net zero future, irrational bidding behaviour in fast-response services is eroding battery revenues — threatening the viability of future investments.

In this conversation, the panel explores immediate fixes and long-term market rule changes needed to ensure batteries remain a strong part of Australia’s clean energy future.

This conversation was recorded to provide insights for the Energy Transition Working Group.Â