Prices in South Australia and Victoria have been high this afternoon, jumping up over $2000/MWh in both states at 3pm NEM-time today. Watch the events unfold in this video using the playback function* in NEM-Watch (click the button in the bottom right to view full-screen):
*The playback function is a standard feature in all models of NEM-Watch.
The wholesale cost of electricity has risen (too fast, too high) in recent years. However let’s not let ourselves be conned into believing that this has arisen, now, because of the creation of the NEM back in 1998.
An animated walk through 19 hours of Saturday 14th January 2017 in the Queensland region of the National Electricity Market – a day we dubbed “sizzling Saturday” not least because of extreme price volatility
In March 2008 (after summer had officially ended) South Australians were forced to endure a record 15 straight days of temperatures climbing above 35ºC. Victorians also experienced extreme heat for a number of days. This sweltering weather forced demand through…
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