South Australia hits the Cumulative Price Threshold
For only the 5th time in 11 years of NEM history (and the 3rd time for South Australia) four consecutive days of price spikes have forced the Cumulative...
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Tight supply-demand balance in SA today!
Some quick notes about high demand and prices in South Australia again today....
The North Queensland Energy Forum
The North Queensland Energy Forum is an annual conference held in Townsville for the discussion of energy related issues. The forum started off with a welcome dinner and...
Prices spike in South Australia today
Some quick notes about another price spike today in the South Australian region of Australia's National Electricity Market
Prices race in QLD and NSW as horses race in VIC
Tuesday 3rd November, and the temperatures that had driven prices higher in SA the previous day moved eastwards. Whilst VIC demand was lower as everyone lost their shirts...
Spring 2009
Some articles about what happened in the NEM through spring 2009
The NEM wakes from its spring slumber
A quick review of some activity in the market on Monday 2nd November 2009 (and in particular a price spike in South Australia).
Rising Energy Prices, More Than Meets The Eye
Over the past two days I have attended the annual Energy Users Association of Australia conference, in which I have heard a number of speakers from various walks...
Some benefits of curtailability in Australia’s National Electricity Market
A look-back at 11 years of NEM history to reveal the nature and measure of benefits large industrial energy users can gain from curtailability in the NEM
Demand Side Response
A collection of articles to do with demand side response (otherwise known as curtailability or demand response) in the National Electricity Market
Conferences
Our reviews of conferences, and other events related to energy markets, that we have attended.
Lessons learned at the All Energy Conference
I’ve spent the last two days at All-Energy’s first Australian green energy conference and exhibition, set in Melbourne. I was sent down to learn as much as possible,...
So who won the competition – as peak demand forecaster in the NEM for Winter 2009?
A look at who won our competition for winter 2009 - and proved themselves to be the "Best Demand Forecaster in the NEM"!
Thoughts on a “Diabolical Problem”
A few quick notes about the recent moves in the USA towards a national emissions trading system, and implications for Australia - following a presentation by a US...
What was the peak NEM-Wide Demand this Winter?
A quick overview of how the daily peak NEM-wide demand trended over winter 2009, in relation to our forecasting competition.
Highest (real) NEM-Wide Demand this winter – on Thursday 11th June 2009
Some preliminary analysis of what happened on Thursday 11th June 2009 - when the NEM experienced its highest NEM-wide demand this winter.
Initial Thoughts about the AEMO’s Electricity Statement of Opportunities (ESOO) for 2009
Some initial, scattered, thoughts (late on the day of its launch) about the AEMO's first production of the Electricity Statement of Opportunities for 2009
A beautiful summer’s day for South-East Queensland – in August
A snapshot towards the end of a remarkable day in August 2009 when temperatures soared in South-East Queensland (yes, that's in winter).
Further thoughts about Summer 2008-09 (the heatwave, bushfires, new demand peak, and blackouts)
Summer 2008-09 is now well behind us, and there are a number of official reviews underway that will report back at some stage. Even so, we’ve been continuing...
Should last summer’s peak NEM-Wide demand have surprised us so much?
We saw a massive new peak for NEM-Wide demand set on 29th January 2009, which surprised many (including us). We return to that data and, by comparing with...