A short article with a snapshot from NEMwatch at 15:45 showing the QLD spot price up near the Market Price Cap, and NSW also above $1,000/MWh:
I particularly noticed the IRPM of the QLD-only ‘Economic Island’ formed by the lack of spare import capability (indeed, limits set so that QNI and DLINK must flow south) down at 3%
This is because of only 300MW of spare Available Generation, by the numbers AEMO published in this dispatch interval. I don’t have time to look at what capacity is unavailable, for it must be a fair amount!
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Based on forecasts NEMMCO had been providing through their PASA process, we expected that it might prove that this week would deliver huge demand levels, and high prices.
Not to disappoint, the market did deliver high levels of demand in all regions:
(a) Peak demand levels were reduced somewhat from the huge levels the previous week in Victoria and South Australia;
(b) Demand levels were also still building to the record level to be experienced the following week in NSW;
(c) Peak demand levels in Queensland were fairly steady (and high) for most weeks of summer.
(d) In combination, a new NEM-wide peak demand target of 30,994MW was set on Monday 23rd January.
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