And so it begins this evening, with an SMS alert highlighting the drop in Instantaneous Reserve Plant Margin (IRPM) to only 13% this evening … here it is, in a NEMwatch snapshot from 17:30:
Note that the Cumulative Price for the NSW region is now above $1,200,000 … so it seems likely NSW will also be under Administered Pricing by tomorrow morning…
Paul was one of the founders of Global-Roam in February 2000. He is currently the CEO of the company and the principal author of WattClarity. Writing for WattClarity has become a natural extension of his work in understanding the electricity market, enabling him to lead the team in developing better software for clients.
Before co-founding the company, Paul worked as a Mechanical Engineer for the Queensland Electricity Commission in the early 1990s. He also gained international experience in Japan, the United States, Canada, the UK, and Argentina as part of his ES Cornwall Memorial Scholarship.
In Queensland we experienced one of the mildest summers I can remember. As a result of this, demand levels were subdued for most of summer. However, for a couple of days in late February, summer finally arrived, and struck with a vengeance.
A quick look at the situation today, where generation in central and northern Queensland was constrained down in the middle of the day, driving prices higher.
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