Balance of Power

Experience the energy transition, don’t just hear about it.

Balance of Power is a facilitated simulation workshop in which participants build generation portfolios, bid into a simplified Australian electricity market, and navigate the competing pressures of affordability, reliability, emissions and investment.

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The challenge

The energy transition is difficult to understand from presentations alone.

Electricity-market decisions involve competing technical, commercial and policy objectives. Balance of Power places participants inside those decisions, allowing them to experience the consequences of different strategies and discuss what those results reveal about the real energy transition.

How it works
Participants work through an accessible market simulation before exploring the results in a facilitated group discussion.

Across 12 rounds and three escalating eras, participants respond to changing demand, weather, market rules and external events. They operate and expand their portfolios, bid across day, evening and night periods, experience market clearing and system stress, and adapt their strategies as conditions evolve.

Three central elements of the experience are:

  • Balance of Power portfolio investment and generation choices
    1. Build and manage your portfolio

    Invest in solar, wind, storage, gas, coal, nuclear and demand-side flexibility while managing your budget, construction times and evolving generation portfolio.

  • Balance of Power bidding interface showing demand, weather and available generation
    2. Bid into the market

    Submit sealed bids across day, evening and night periods while responding to changing demand, weather, available generation and market conditions.

  • Balance of Power debrief exploring reliability, carbon and scarcity pricing
    3. Learn through the debrief

    Compare strategies and explore what the results reveal about reliability, flexibility, emissions, investment timing and market design.

What participants explore
The workshop creates a practical basis for discussing several central energy-market questions:
  • How merit-order dispatch and uniform pricing influence market outcomes
  • Why low-cost generation is not always the same as reliable generation
  • The role of storage, flexible generation and demand response
  • How investment timing influences commercial performance
  • The tension between individual commercial success and system-wide outcomes
  • How carbon policy and changing technology costs affect decisions
Built for energy-sector teams
Balance of Power can be adapted to participants’ market knowledge and your organisation’s learning objectives.

  • Graduate and employee induction programmes
  • Professional development and energy-market literacy
  • Strategy, innovation and transformation teams
  • Climate-tech and energy-transition cohorts
  • Industry associations and conference workshops
  • Stakeholder engagement and executive education
Workshop formats
Sessions can be adapted to the audience, available time and intended learning objectives. Most professional workshops combine facilitated gameplay with a structured group debrief.

  • Introductory demonstration

    A concise introduction to the platform and workshop experience for leadership teams, prospective hosts and industry events.

  • Facilitated workshop

    A structured session combining simulation, participant decision-making and a facilitated discussion of the results.

  • Custom session

    A tailored workshop developed around a particular audience, energy-transition theme or stakeholder discussion.

Why GG Advisory
Developed by Dr Antonin Demazy de Fortet

Balance of Power was developed by Dr Antonin Demazy de Fortet, Founder and Principal of GG Advisory, drawing on more than 20 years of international experience across energy systems, strategy and emerging technologies.

Antonin holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Melbourne and an Executive MBA from ESCP Business School. His experience spans energy strategy, electricity systems, market development and the commercialisation of emerging technologies.

Dr Antonin Demazy de Fortet presenting PhD research on solar PV integration at the University of Melbourne.

Expression of interest
GG Advisory is inviting a small number of energy-sector organisations to host founding pilot sessions. Pilot partners receive an early workshop adapted to their audience and an opportunity to help shape the final professional offering.

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