Kurt Winter

Kurt Winter

AGL's Manager, Policy & Markets Regulation

LLM , LLB, BA (Honours), GDLP

Kurt Winter manages AGL’s regulatory strategy on new energy and customer markets. He is passionate about Australia’s energy market transformation, that is being driven by climate change and innovation to support customers’ changing preferences and expectations. Kurt has experience spanning government, private legal practice, industry and the charitable sector both in Australia and the United Kingdom.

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Kurt Winter

9 May 2022
9 minute read

No junk mail please: why customers need to know about dynamic operating envelopes

With networks introducing dynamic operating envelopes to mediate customers' access to the grid, we explore the need for a customer-centric regulatory design.

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Kurt Winter

3 November 2021
20 minute read

Maximising solar to support Australia’s evolving grid, part 2

In our previous article, we touched on some of the challenges of managing the increasing amount of rooftop solar energy entering the system,...

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Kurt Winter

1 November 2021
10 minute read

Maximising solar to support Australia’s evolving grid, part 1

Australia has fallen in love with rooftop solar PV, leading the world in its uptake, with investment reaching almost eight times the worldwide...

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Kurt Winter

24 January 2020
5 minute read

Rethinking distributed energy

While Australian consumers continue to lead the world in the uptake of solar installations, the market for other distributed energy resources (DER) is also maturing, including with respect to battery energy storage systems and electric vehicles.

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Kurt Winter

13 May 2019
5 minute read

Electric vehicles and the broader energy ecosystem

Recently, AGL hosted the Electric Vehicle Council’s second workshop on Electric Vehicle Charging and the Grid. The workshop brought together businesses from across the electric vehicle (EV) supply chain to identify opportunities for action.