Earth Hour
“Earth Hour” was a concept developed by the WWF to promote awareness of the risks of climate change. It first ran just in Sydney in 2007, and generated...
All Posts
Earth Hour 2007 – Impact on Australia’s National Electricity Market
Since the first event in Sydney, 2007, Earth Hour has been held at the same time on two successive years, with an increasing number of locations around the...
Training about the NEM
Educational resources on Australia’s National Electricity Market.
Australian Power & Carbon Day, London (UK) Wenesday 4th February 2009
A seminar at which you will be able to gain a first-hand account of how the current heatwave in VIC and SA is impacting on the physical market,...
Massive Demand, Huge Prices, Load Shedding and the Cumulative Price Threshold (and lessons learnt?)
Wednesday 28th January saw demand across the NEM jump to unprecedented levels, setting a new record of 34,843MW at 16:00 NEM time. On Thursday 29th January, we saw...
And the winner for summer 08-09 is…
We noted yesterday, in the midst of the excitement, that the previous NEM-wide demand record had been beaten, by virtue of the heatwave assaulting VIC and SA over...
New record all-time NEM-wide demand (and for VIC and SA) today!
The day is not over yet, but we thought you would be interested in the attached snapshot highlighting the first of the occasions on the day when prices...
New record summer demand!
We watched with interest today as demand crept up in all mainland regions to the point where the NEM-Wide demand rose slightly above 33,000MW for the first time...
SA nears the Cumulative Price Threshold
On 19th January, high prices were sustained in SA for several hours, bringing the Cumulative Price within a whisker of the $150,000 threshold, at which prices would be...
Summer 2008-09 to date
Given that the holidays are now over (for most of us) and we're returning back to "normal" life, we thought it would be a good time to provide...
Summary of entries received for 2008-2009
An overview of the final range of estimates received for the peak demand guessing competition of summer 2008-2009.
Record summer demand in NSW yesterday!
NSW experienced a record summer demand on Thursday 15th January, driven by high temperatures across the state. The extreme weather experienced in NSW followed the extreme weather that...
Analysis of the FCAS market in Victoria over the 23rd July, 2008
On the 23rd of July, 2008 one of the HWTS - LYPS 500kV Line was down for maintenance when a second one tripped, leaving only one line remaining....
A hot day in SA yesterday, and prices soared!
Just as had been forecast, Tuesday 13th January 2009 saw hot, dry weather roll in across South Australia, and then into Victoria. The high temperatures caused demand to...
September in the NEM (a review of 10 years of history)
One of 12 articles on the months past in the NEM. Here we examine the trends in price and demand across the NEM for September, and take a...
August in the NEM (a review of 10 years of history)
One of 12 articles on the months past in the NEM - in which we examine the trends in price and demand across the NEM for the month...
July in the NEM (a review of 10 years of history)
One of 12 articles on the months past in the NEM. Analysis of July has revealed that the peak NEM-wide demand for the past 3 years has occurred...
June in the NEM (a review of 10 years of history)
One of 12 articles on the months past in the NEM. June has brought us several cases of "economic witholding of capacity" - particularly in 2002, and in...
May in the NEM (a review of 10 years of history)
One of 12 articles on the months past in the NEM - in which we examine the trends in price and demand across the NEM for the month...
April in the NEM (a review of 10 years of history)
One of 12 articles on the months past in the NEM. Here we present a detailed analysis of prices in each region of the NEM, for the month...