Market players are poking the bear …
Carl Daley of EnergyByte walks through the 'angry bear response' between market players, and the outcomes and consequences of these actions.
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We’ve released GenInsights Quarterly Updates (2022 Q3) on Monday 31st October 2022
On Monday 31st October 2022 we released GenInsights Quarterly Updates for Q3 2022 - second in the expanding series, following customer requests for updates of GenInsights21
Cost-based Modelling is Doing Consumers a Disservice.
Tom Geiser of Neoen writes this think piece about cost-based modelling vs price-based modelling in the broader debate about transmission investment.
Brief spike at 11:10 in NSW and QLD on Monday 31st October 2022
A quick article to document a spike at 11:10 on Monday 31st October ... which seems related (at least in part) to the same network outage as on...
Loy Yang A2 back online – Monday 31st October 2022
A short note about return to service for LYA2, which had been out for over 6 months.
AEMC published a Final Report as part of Stage 2 of the Transmission Planning and Investment Review
A short note about the AEMC's Transmission Planning and Investment Review - Stage 2 Final Report released last week, and submissions on Stage 3 Draft Report due this...
False (re)start at Loy Yang A2 on 25th October
Prompted by a comment by a WattClarity reader, I've taken a quick look at Loy Yang A2 for the past week.
A new lowest point for NSW demand on Saturday 29th October 2022
Electricity demand in NSW has dropped to a new 'lowest in NEM history' point on Saturday 29th October 2022
AEMO publishes ‘Scheduling Error Report’ related to problems experienced on 10th August 2022
Also this week, the AEMO published a report about the glitch in the dispatch process that occurred back on 10th August 2022.
AEMO releases preliminary report into Tasmanian event on Friday 14th October 2022 (i.e. Article 5 in our series)
On Friday 28th October, the AEMO released its preliminary report into the storm damage to Liapootah – Palmerston 220 kV lines (loss of more than 500MW of load,...
AEMO released its QED for 2022 Q3
A quick note to mark Thursday's release of the QED for Q3 2022 by the AEMO
Quick initial notes about price spike at 17:30 on Friday 28th October 2022
A quick look at a brief price spike in NSW and QLD on Friday evening 28th October - which appears to be related to a Ravine -Yass(2) 330kV...
Slightly more detail on System Frequency on Friday 14th October 2022 (Part 4)
Zooming into the ~7 minute period during which the initial event occurred in TAS on Friday 14th October 2022.
Dan Andrews used that* four letter word to launch their Election Energy Policy
Last Thursday 20th October the Victorian Labor Government, in the midst of seeking re-election, had its own turn at releasing an Energy Policy that caused quite a stir...
Several different timeframes for investigating the major Tasmanian system event beginning Friday 14th October 2022
Third article on what happened on Friday 14th October 2022 - sharing a photograph of the damaged transmission (thanks to TasNetworks for the photo, and Zeus for the...
Uncharted territory for rooftop PV in South Australia
Hot on the heels of a new low point for Operational Demand in South Australia on the weekend, this evening AEMO warns of an ‘elevated risk of contingent...
Sequence of events in Tasmania on Friday 14th October 2022 (initial look)
On Friday 14th October we saw a significant system event in Tasmania - with storms downing power links, leading to large (530MW) loss of load and trip of...
530MW loss of electrical load in Tasmania on Friday 14th October 2022
Some quick notes of a sizeable loss of load in Tasmania and a volatility situation that is ongoing as I hit 'publish' at 11:50 NEM time.
Loy Yang A2 slips back – now RTS on Thu 27th October 2022
Third article today about major outages - this one looking at current expectations for RTS for Loy Yang A2 after some apparent slippage.
Callide C4 still scheduled for RTS on 7th April 2023
Spurred by the extended outage at Kogan Creek, we also take a quick look at current expectations for Callide C4.