High temperatures drive NEM-wide demand to 34,400MW
Some snapshots of a day in which NEM-wide demand soared, driven by high temperatures across the middle of Australia.
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What’s the consensus view of where the market thinks the NEM-wide demand will end up
Some analysis of entries received in our "Who'd the Best Demand Forecaster in the NEM" competition for summer 2010-11
Summer strikes in QLD, with demand shooting up (and prices see-sawing)
Some images of the see-saw of prices in QLD with the high demand day today.
The hot weather arrives, but demand stays low
Some NEM-Watch snapshots illustrating one of the first days that temperatures have risen in the NEM this summer.
Are you the best demand forecaster in the NEM this summer?
Our Christmas competition is back. For those of you who are soldiering through the silly season, keeping the lights on in the NEM, here's some light-hearted relief (and...
Summer 2010-11 in the NEM
Some articles, as we put them together, focused on events of summer 2010-11
A very modest start to summer peak demands
Some quick notes about how levels of demand are, so far this summer, much lower than they have been in recent years.
How the drought of 2007 affected specific power stations
I have been asked a couple of times recently, by new entrants to the NEM, about the impact of the drought in 2007 on generation levels around the...
Concerns about Rising Costs in the Wholesale Spot Market
A listing of some drivers for higher (and, in some cases, lower) prices in the wholesale spot component of the NEM.
Fuel Costs – some views supporting higher electricity prices in the future
Some thoughts about drivers supporting higher fuel costs - and hence driving electricity prices higher in future (assembled from comments made at EUAA events, and elsewhere).
Trend in annual Generator Utilisation by Region
A trend in annual average utilisation of generation plant, aggregated by region, over each year since the start of the NEM.
Price hits the new Market Price Cap in NSW this morning
Some quick notes about a price spike to the (newly raised) Market Price Cap in NSW this morning
Tassie price spike on Sunday
Some quick notes about a price spike this evening in Tasmania.
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...