Capacity Investment Scheme WEM Clean Dispatchable

Project Bids for this tender closed at 5:00 pm AWST / 7:00 pm on Monday 19 August 2024.

Tender Guidelines

The purpose of this briefing note is to provide additional information to assist Proponents in preparing quality Bids that address the social licence Merit Criteria which covers First Nations engagement, community engagement and community benefits sharing. We encourage proponents to read it carefully.

About the Tender

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.