Prompted by a presentation from CleanCo’s Rimu Nelson at the Queensland Energy Summit, Dan examines how operational and bidding patterns at Wivenhoe and Swanbank E have evolved since CleanCo assumed control in 2019.
A short post to note our presentation for the CSIRO's South-East Asian System Planning Workshop in Brisbane this afternoon, and the analysis we shared.
Dan provides his review for ACES 2025, and tries to answer some of the questions we were pondering going into the conference.
New unit-level availability data and other changes to the STPASA process are scheduled to go live from today.
A belated post to note a new all-time record for wind production was broken on Friday evening.
A primer ahead of the CEC’s Clean Energy Summit in Sydney next week, highlighting just a few of the many questions on our minds.
A short post to note some price volatility for the 'Lower 1 Sec' contingency FCAS commodity in SA today, with prices flickering between the FCAS price floor and the market price cap.
A quick view of our congestion map where constraints on the Heywood interconnector may elevate risk of high energy and FCAS prices this week.
AEMO has flagged a 'High Impact Outage' on the Dapto–Kangaroo Valley line this Sunday, warning of reduced VIC–NSW transfer capacity.
An open question to our readers.
For nearly a decade, we’ve published annual reviews of Q2 prices to highlight the growing volatility during this period. Here’s our latest edition, examining how Q2 2025 compared.
A short post to note that the AEMO has released its 2025 ELI, the second such edition of this annual report.
A quick look at demand, wind and solar forecasts, along with the constraint invocation schedule in SA for this coming Wednesday, where the AEMO currently have an extended forecast LOR2 condition projected.
Wild storms over night have impacted parts of the Ausgrid, Endeavour and Essential Energy distribution networks in NSW.
After an extended burst of high prices last night, and a short burst this morning, the cumulative price in SA has moved closer to CPT territory.
Cold winter conditions in NSW have pushed market demand in the region above 13GW this evening. Meanwhile, high prices have stuck around in SA.
Transmission Company Victoria (TCV) yesterday announced a two-year delay to the project delivery timeline for the VNI West project.
With the start of the new financial year, today marks the first step in the AEMC’s staged reform of the Market Price Cap, with it rising to $20,300/MWh — the first of three scheduled...
After rejecting an earlier proposal, the AER has today approved the conversion of Basslink into a regulated transmission service.
An updated look at conditions in SA early next week, where a forecast LOR3 is now appearing for next Wednesday. We also look at the invocation schedule for constraint sets within the region.