Another spike occurred this afternoon at 16:15 (to $1,003.94/MWh). With low wind conditions persisting and imports from VIC significantly constraints because of the outage reflected in the ‘I-VS_050’ constraint set through until Saturday evening (but then back on 10th May), will prices bounce again as soon as the sun’s gone?
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1 Commenton "A spike at 16:15 hints at volatility to resume in SA with the sun setting, on Thursday 4th May 2023"
Why did small-scale solar drop off vertically at around 1600 hours but not large-scale solar??