We’re not going to cover every machination, but worth noting these pretty clear indications of what might be ~300MW sized Demand Response on two occasions on Friday afternoon 6th February 2026, via this snapshot from NEMwatch at 14:10 (NEM time), after the first two spikes:
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.
For a second portion of Q2 “elephant eating”, I’ll look in some detail at the dynamics of an early instance of spot price volatility in Queensland, because many drivers turn out to be similar across other volatile intervals in the quarter. Table Setting As context,…
In this guest-authored article by Endgame Economics, Oliver Nunn examines growing ‘noise’ in NEM spot prices — how increasingly frequent oscillations appear to have a structural, intraday pattern, what may be driving it, and why it matters for market behaviour and battery investment outcomes.
For those in control of such a large response, it is in your interest to go to an effort to voluntarily become part of the scheduling process as, by directly influencing price, you will moderate these spikes rather than having to react after they are published, or, when restoring, you can avoid provoking a new spike.
For those in control of such a large response, it is in your interest to go to an effort to voluntarily become part of the scheduling process as, by directly influencing price, you will moderate these spikes rather than having to react after they are published, or, when restoring, you can avoid provoking a new spike.