Our initial review of the blackout on Tuesday, 16th January 2007
Our first review, linked here, was prepared the night of the blackout itself, and provides a chronological history of events, as seen through the NEM-Watch™ application.
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Nous Report, into blackout of 16th January 2007
Note about the NOUS Group report on the blackout in Victoria of 16th January 2007
16th January 2007 – Bushfires and Victoria’s blackout
Victoria experiences a large blackout in the afternoon and evening of 16 January 2007, when bush fires cause three main transmission lines to trip. This created chaos throughout...
11th January 2007 – first spike in demand above 30,000MW
There was a temperature-driven spike in demand across the NEM later in the week beginning Sunday 7th January - culminating in the summer's first demand peak above 30,000MW...
8th December 2006 – high demand in South Australia
There was a temperature-driven spike in demand in South Australia on Friday 8th December 2006. However, demand also spiked on other days in the week, and on those...
7th December 2005 – high demand in Queensland and NSW
For several days in early December, temperatures reaching 40 degrees in Queensland and New South Wales cause airconditioning load (and hence total demand) to soar in both regions....
21st November 2006 – demand spike in NSW
There was a temperature-driven spike in demand in NSW on Tuesday 21st November 2006. These sweltering temperatures combined with bushfires to cause localised blackouts in the Sydney city...
Winter 2002 – Generator Market Power
From the start of the NEM through until 2001, the NEM was typified by a pricing dichotomy with sustained rock-bottom pricing in NSW, Snowy and Victoria and high...
26th January 2006 – high demand and price in Victoria and SA
There was a high level in demand in Victoria on Thursday 26th January 2006. This was especially remarkable, considering that it was an Australia Day public holiday -...
2nd February 2006 – price spike in NSW and Queensland
This week saw a new record demand in NSW of 13,292MW on Thursday 2nd February. Correspondingly, average prices were above $100/MWh in both NSW and Queensland - but...
23rd January 2006 – new record for peak NEM-Wide demand
Based on forecasts NEMMCO had been providing through their PASA process, we expected that it might prove that this week would deliver huge demand levels, and high prices....
7th February 2006 – price spike in Tasmania
This week saw very low average prices across the NEM (below $21/MWh average across the week in all mainland regions). Except for 2 half-hours in Tasmania on Tuesday...
24th February 2006 – price spikes in Victoria
Demand in Victoria peaked again, bringing with it high prices in Victoria and (to a lesser extent) South Australia. Indeed, the demand experienced in Victoria (on Friday 24th...
Weekly summary of events in Summer 2005-2006
Summer 2005-06 saw Australians sweltering in temperatures 40 degrees and above. In the National Electricity Market, this led to new peaks in demand and (given the tight supply/demand...
30th December 2005 – huge NEM-wide demand on a holiday!
In a week which is traditionally very subdued in the market, the NEM sweltered in temperatures in excess of 40 degrees and an exceptional NEM-wide demand (about 30,000MW)...
2nd February 2006 – NEMMCO’s forecast from 17th January
This article was written prior to 2nd February and drew from the insights gained with our NEMforecastTM product to highlight the looming issue of the tight supply/demand balance...
3rd January 2006 – Outages force QLD price to VOLL
The week started with commotion in Queensland, when the VOLL price ceiling was reached. Further analysis revealed that this was due to transmission system events and the trip...
NEMMCO final report about the 5/30 issue published in February 2003
A quick look back at the NEMMCO final report from 2003 about the '5/30 issue'
The Parer Review (December 2002) – Towards a truly national and efficient energy market
A back-dated post to provide a ready reference to the Issues Paper and Final Report of 'the Parer Review', from back in 2002.
Low points for NSW demand in December 1999 and January 2000
Looking back at 26th December 1999, when a low point record for Scheduled Demand in NSW was set.