And so it begins this evening, with an SMS alert highlighting the drop in Instantaneous Reserve Plant Margin (IRPM) to only 13% this evening … here it is, in a NEMwatch snapshot from 17:30:
Note that the Cumulative Price for the NSW region is now above $1,200,000 … so it seems likely NSW will also be under Administered Pricing by tomorrow morning…
Paul was one of the founders of Global-Roam in February 2000. He is currently the CEO of the company and the principal author of WattClarity. Writing for WattClarity has become a natural extension of his work in understanding the electricity market, enabling him to lead the team in developing better software for clients.
Before co-founding the company, Paul worked as a Mechanical Engineer for the Queensland Electricity Commission in the early 1990s. He also gained international experience in Japan, the United States, Canada, the UK, and Argentina as part of his ES Cornwall Memorial Scholarship.
Following a presentation today at ‘Smart Energy Queensland’ here are two slides to start with – illustrating the fuel mix in electricity supplies in the NEM.
At 23:05 on Saturday 9th March AEMO advised that the Millmerran power station units 1 and 2 tripped simultaneously at 22:07 (58 minutes prior) – for reasons still unknown.
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