Tassie price spike on Sunday
Some quick notes about a price spike this evening in Tasmania.
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Fuel Supplies in the NEM
Some articles, as they are prepared, in relation to fuel supplies in Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM). This could be to do with coal supplies, or gas supplies,...
Some possible implications of the takeover bid for Centennial Coal
Preliminary thoughts about some of the possible implications of the agreed takeover of Centennial Coal by Thailand's Banpu, and the long-term strategy to re-balance coal supplies evenly between...
Trend in generation by fuel type
Brief analysis of the trend in production (across the NEM) by fuel type.
Brief recap on the historical trend in spot prices in the NEM
Some analysis of the way in which prices in the Australian National Electricity Market have trended over time, from as far back as 1994 (in the markets that...
Miscellaneous Analysis
Posts that don’t fit neatly into any other category.
Historical Distributions in Spot Prices
Colourful distribution of spot prices - for each year of 11.5 years of NEM history. Clearly see the trend over time.
Prices see-saw over the full $13,250/MWh price range – but it’s all revised!
A record of how a day of see-sawing prices appeared (in real time) in NEM-Watch Note that the high prices have since been revised, but the low prices...
Background to Winter 2010 in the NEM
Inspired by the price spike experienced this evening, I have spent a little time to put together the background to winters in the NEM. This will be useful...
Winter 2010 in the NEM
Various articles about Winter 2010 in the NEM
Cold snap brings price spike in NSW
A price spike close to the Market Price Cap in NSW this evening provides an spur to do some quick analysis.
Escalating Capital Requirements
Some notes (which will be updated later) about capital requirements for the Australian Electricity Supply Industry
My synopsis of Opportunities & Threats for Energy Users
A high-level summary of some concerns of energy users, linked to a (progressively) growing number of more detailed posts that will be added over time.
Concerns of Energy Users
Here’s a growing collection of articles we’re putting together with respect to the concerns of energy users. These articles are informed by interaction with a wide range of...
Some context for the recent Basslink outage
I noted that the recent Basslink outage made the news today as a result of political point scoring in the Tasmanian parliament. As noted in the news report,...
Autumn 2010 in the NEM
Articles on various stand-out events happening in the National Electricity Market in Autumn 2010.
Price spikes in SA and VIC on 21st April
Just after midday today (Wednesday 21st April) South Australia and Victoria experienced some high spot prices. Here's a quick post to highlight what happened.
Demand Side Response in NSW on 4th February
On the 4th of February at around 11am energy users in NSW appear to have curtailed their load in response to high prices, resulting in a significant drop...
Earth Hour 2010 – Impact on Australia’s Electricity Market
Now in its 4th year - Earth Hour has continued to spread across the globe, but participation in Australia appears to have decreased from previous years. In this...
AFR says “Emissions have fallen"! Here’s some more data…
Some analysis prompted by a short article in the AFR talking about a reduction in emissions over summer 2009-10 (with the possible implication being that emissions have turned...