Worth a short note to highlight the expectation that the Cumulative Price in NSW will drop back under the Cumulative Price Threshold this evening (Tuesday 14th May 2024) … seven days after the initial bout of evening volatility on Tuesday 7th May 2024 started the climb into Administered Pricing:
Here’s a snapshot at 13:59 today (NEM time) showing where we are currently at, and with the expected trajectory sketched in.
This trend was developed using the ‘Trends Engine’ function within ez2view – but we’ve published as a dashboard so you should be able to log in here and watch what happens…
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Despite it being overtaken by today’s Market Suspension, with its own compensation arrangements – still might be useful for readers to be aware of these two sources of discussion about the two different sources of compensation that seemed to be at play for a few days under Administered Price Caps (APC) following Cumulative Price Threshold (CPT) being reached.
From the 12:05 dispatch interval, today’s series of SMS alerts has started from the 12:05 dispatch interval (NEM time) announcing new ‘lowest ever*’ points for ‘Market Demand’ in NSW.
With forecasts for a very, very low level of ‘Market Demand’ tomorrow (Sat 26th Oct 2024) in NSW, here’s a longer term trend to show how it would fit in context.
On 19th January, high prices were sustained in SA for several hours, bringing the Cumulative Price within a whisker of the $150,000 threshold, at which prices would be capped.
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