deSide upgraded in preparation for Project EnergyConnect (PEC)

Christian VanderseeRelease Notes
On Monday 18th May 2026 we released an upgrade to deSide® to prepare for the full arrival of Project EnergyConnect into the AEMO market systems.
What is Project Energy Connect (PEC), and why might it be important to you?
We anticipated this question, and so have prepared a WattClarity® article at ‘The *basics* of how Project Energy Connect will appear in NEM Data’.
What it will mean for deSide® clients, specifically, is that:
  1. It is envisaged that PEC (or NSW1-SA1 formally) will mean different price outcome patterns across the NEM, but particularly in SA and NSW.
  2. On occasions in seeking to understand more about price outcomes, once it goes live (October 2026) you might want to see the flows and flow limits.
What’s available in the upgrade to deSide®
Keep in mind that there are 6 parts of the deSide package of software, all available to download at this site:
With respect to each component in turn:
Component What’s the context of the Upgrade for PEC
#1 = deSide® updater With respect to the deSide® Updater,  it’s important to note that the new data sets for PEC (i.e. flow Target, export Limit and import Limit) should start flowing automatically when NSW1-SA1 appears in AEMO systems.

 
#2 = deSide® display screens There’s a new version of the deSide Client to install, which includes:

  • Preparation for the introduction of PEC; and
  • The cloud-based data store that acts as a backup has been migrated and upgraded to a newer framework in the cloud … which will enable us to retire the old framework later in 2026 once clients have migrated
  • Some rectifications to some bugs that clients have come across recently.
 
You can find the new installer at the link above.
 
#3 = deSide Ticker There’s a new version of the deSide Ticker to install, which includes:

  • The cloud-based data store that supplies the data has been migrated and upgraded to a newer framework in the cloud … which will enable us to retire the old framework later in 2026 once clients have migrated
  • Some rectifications to some bugs that clients have come across recently.
 
You can find the new installer at the link above.
 
#4 = deSide® mobile This small app only references prices, so nothing required here.
#5 = deSide® Online Analysis This is analysis tool is cloud-based, so the new data for NSW1-SA1 will just appear when it becomes available.
#6 = deSide® Alerting This alerting app is cloud-based infrastructure, so the new data for NSW1-SA1 will just appear when it becomes available.
Should you require help in upgrading deSide® – please contact us at:  support@global-roam.com