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.
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.