A look at how AEMO’s short-term forecasts have performed at the daily peak in Queensland over the past seven summers — and how that performance is changing as rooftop PV grows.
This article looks at the N::N_CNLT_2 transient stability constraint on Tuesday to give an example of why some NSW batteries ended up charging through Tuesday’s price spike.
The AEMC has published its draft 2026 Reliability Standard and Settings Review, setting out the Panel’s preliminary views on the future reliability standard and how the market should clear during minimum system load events.
Today in NSW we saw large price spreads, material network curtailment, wild swings in demand, and several other factors unfold. This article summarises some of the high-level drivers of today's events.
So far today we've seen a $21,019.65/MWh intra-day price spread in NSW, underscoring just how far prices can swing in the NEM.
A brief but unexpected spike to the market cap in NSW in middle of today has prompted a closer look at the rapid demand jump, counter-price flows and binding constraints that shaped the outcome.
A fast-moving thunderstorm system swept through Brisbane and surrounding regions on Monday afternoon, bringing destructive winds, giant hail and more than 800,000 lightning strikes.
A summary of a recent academic case study looking into the events of January 22, 2024 in the QLD region, revealing how DER dynamics, weather variability and forecast limitations are amplifying operational challenges.
Linton and I had the pleasure of speaking to the CEC on Wednesday, this short article shares a couple of slides from the presentation and a list of questions we're still pondering about the...
This afternoon we saw mainland frequency briefly step above its normal operating band for approximately 20 minutes — potentially the result of a data glitch. In this quick piece, we unpack some market dynamics...
Four reflections from All-Energy 2025 in Melbourne last week— where home batteries took the limelight, government-backed contracting showed some cracks, control-room pressures loomed large, and gas remained the conference’s quiet taboo.
In the final part of our four-part CIS series, we zoom out to examine what government-backed Contract-for-Difference schemes are really achieving — drawing on policy lessons from the Nelson Review.
Dan shares a short reflection on three high-level themes that resonated throughout the NEMDEV conference in Brisbane this week. From winter reliability to rising costs and market reform, the discussions raised important questions about...
In part three in this series about the CIS, we look at how a curtailment provision — briefly included in drafts for Tender 1 but later removed — may raise questions about how revenue...
In part two of this four part series about the success of the CIS so far, we explore why delivery challenges may have emerged.
Recent debate has centred on the CIS’s success so far. In part one of this four-part series, we look at how projects have progressed since being awarded a contract.
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.