An animated walk through 19 hours of Saturday 14th January 2017 in the Queensland region of the National Electricity Market - a day we dubbed "sizzling Saturday" not...
Illustrating how the price spike on 14th January flowed through to hedge contract prices.
Looking at 13th, 14th and 15th January and the contribution of solar PV to peak demand reduction
The Queensland region experienced a new all-time record for electricity demand today, along with some very hot weahter
NEM-wide demand roared to life today, for the first time this summer, with hot weather pretty much everywhere.
Volatility in Queensland on a sizzling Saturday drives the Cumulative Price more than half-way to the Cumulative Price Threshold (where price caps would be imposed).
A few quick notes about this week's developments at Loy Yang A power station
Queensland Scheduled Demand on Friday 13th January peaked even higher than on Thursday 12th January, and only 70MW below the all-time record
Hot weather drives Queensland demand higher than 9,000MW for the first time this summer - even with many people still out on holidays...
Demand rose in NSW today off the back of some hot weather
Victoria saw what seems to be the lowest ever* level of electricity demand early on Monday 2nd January 2017
New Years Eve and New Years Day have provided 2 excellent examples of the "Duck Curve" in South Australia
A quick look at first output of Barcaldine Solar Farm - as a segue into consideration of what we see as an "audacious" 50% by 2030 ambition.
Unfortunately too busy in serving direct customers, so we can't run the competition for summer 2016-17. You'll have to wait another year, unfortunately (but still keep an eye...
One of the most disruptive impacts on Australia’s electricity system over the past decade or so has been the rapid uptake of air conditioners – a consumer driven...
A question, about why Victorian electricity demand seems to be trending lower and lower...
The three main flaws that put boundaries on the usefulness of all forecasting/modelling
Putting another cat amongst the pigeons, energy sector unions at Loy Yang A have announced Industrial Action at the station over Christmas.
Another LOR2 Market Notice issued for South Australia
After an AEMO notice of Low Reserve Condition this summer and next in the south, I had a quick look...