NEM-wide wind generation exceeds 10GW for the first time, on Friday evening 25th July 2025
A belated post to note a new all-time record for wind production was broken on Friday evening.
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.
A quick look into those LOR forecasts for South Australia next Monday, including a view of forecasts for market demand, wind and solar conditions, and generator outages.
The AEMO has kicked off a consultation to overhaul its automated negative residue management processes ahead of Project Energy Connect forming a new transmission loop in the NEM.
Rainfall and cloud cover has split Australia this autumn, delivering a mixed bag of solar irradiance conditions for solar farms across the NEM.
Cold weather this evening has brought prices above $7,000/MWh and tight reserve margins across the NEM.