The Capacity Investment Scheme
The Capacity Investment Scheme Tender 2 – WEM Dispatchable Capacity is now closed. The Tender Guidelines and additional tender documents are now available. These are designed to help proponents submit quality bids.
Project Bids for this tender closed at 5:00 pm AWST / 7:00 pm AEST on Monday 19 August 2024.
Stage B is now closed and AEMO Services is currently assessing Financial Value Bids.
MC4 Market Briefing Note
The Market Brief provides guidance on the evaluation of Merit Criteria (MC) 4 – Financial Value and Capacity Credits in the CIS Tender 2.
It is important that Proponents who are progressing to Stage B of the CIS Tender 2 read the market brief before preparing their Financial Value Bid, please use the link below.
Evaluation of WEM Tender 2 Merit Criteria 4 – Financial Value and Capacity Credits
About the Tender
The CIS Tender 2 will seek to deliver a target of 2,000 MWh of clean dispatchable capacity across the WEM. Projects in Tender 2 must be located in Western Australia and connect to the South West Interconnected System (SWIS) as defined by the Electricity Industry Act 2004 (WA). Projects must have a minimum storage duration of two hours, a minimum size of 30 MW and meet all the Eligibility Criteria.
About AEMO and AEMO Services’ Role
AEMO and AEMO Services have been engaged to support the roll-out of the Australian Government’s Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) as an advisor and tender delivery partner, bringing together our expertise in energy markets, modelling and infrastructure finance and procurement. AEMO Services is conducting the competitive tender process that will enable the Australian Government to determine which projects the scheme should support.
Our work will help the Australian Government secure reliability and security in energy supply for consumers across Australia. We will conduct a two-stage tender process, assessing overall project merit including social licence and financial value. The Australian Government Minister for Climate Change and Energy is the ultimate decision-maker, with a short-list of projects recommended to the Commonwealth for final approval.
Registrations
are now closed
To access your bid log into the portal
Tender portal
Webinar
A recording of the CIS Tender 2 – WEM Dispatchable Capacity webinar is available online.
A webinar Q&A transcript is available upon request.
Last updated 23 Jul 2024
The Capacity Investment Scheme
The Capacity Investment Scheme Tender 2 – WEM Dispatchable Capacity is now closed. The Tender Guidelines and additional tender documents are now available. These are designed to help proponents submit quality bids.
Registrations
are now closed
To access your bid log into the portal
Tender portal
Webinar
A recording of the CIS Tender 2 – WEM Dispatchable Capacity webinar is available online.
A webinar Q&A transcript is available upon request.
Last updated 23 Jul 2024
The documents listed below contain the most recent Q&A submitted via the tender portal. These are also sent to registered proponents and are being made available to support stakeholder understanding of the tender and tender process. If you would like to submit a question, please register for the tender and follow the steps to submit.
Registrations
are now closed
To access your bid log into the portal
Tender portal
Webinar
A recording of the CIS Tender 2 – WEM Dispatchable Capacity webinar is available online.
A webinar Q&A transcript is available upon request.
Last updated 23 Jul 2024