Actual LOR1 condition eventuates in NSW on Wednesday afternoon, 27th Nov 2024
A short post to note that an actual LOR1 condition has eventuated in NSW, as per market notice 121089.
Articles by Dan Lee
Dan is a Market Analyst, who joined Global-Roam in June 2013.
He departed (and returned) for a couple of brief stints overseas, before rejoining the team permanently in late 2019. Alongside his work at Global-Roam, he has undertaken short-term contract roles as an analyst and researcher in various areas of the energy sector. Dan graduated from the Master of Sustainable Energy program at the University of Queensland in 2024.
Iberdrola’s Wallgrove BESS directed to maintain state of charge on Wednesday afternoon, 27th Nov 2024
Market notice 121067 indicates that the AEMO has directed Iberdrola's Wallgrove BESS to maintain 59MWh of energy storage.
Forecast LOR3 reappears for four hours this morning, as AEMO issue another media statement about reliability in NSW this afternoon, Nov 27th 2024
A forecast LOR3 for this afternoon reappeared in the P30 forecasts for four hours this morning, as demand forecasts for the region jumped by approximately 200MW.
AEMO issue market notice with intention to commence RERT negotiations in NSW this afternoon 27th Nov 2024
Market notice 121038 has appeared this morning, showing that the AEMO intends to commence RERT negotiations in NSW this afternoon.
AEMO responds to media coverage regarding low electricity reserves expected tomorrow, Wednesday 27th Nov 2024
The AEMO responds to media coverage warning of blackouts in NSW on Wednesday afternoon.
Tim Nelson to lead new review into wholesale market reform
Chris Bowen this morning announced a new four-person independent panel, who will be given roughly 12 months to review and provide reform recommendations on "wholesale market settings".
LOR2 notices continue to flash for NSW and QLD for this Thursday 7th Nov 2024
A quick look at market notices and our forecast convergence widget in ez2view, to check in with projected tight market conditions this coming Thursday in NSW and QLD.
Down for the count: eight separate transmission tower failure incidents in less than five years
A map of where the eight separate transmission tower incidents have occurred over the past five years.
ElectraNet provide update that 29 transmission structures went down in SA, during last night’s weather event
ElectraNet are reporting that at least twenty-three transmission towers and six 132kV stobie poles fell down or were damaged during last night's wild weather.
Olympic Dam now offline, as SA demand was already forecasted to go negative this weekend
Several media outlets are reporting that Olympic Dam in South Australia has lost power, which may cause headaches for system operators with demand in South Australia forecast to...
How is the stockpile of temporary transmission towers around Australia looking?
Given recent events, we're asking a rhetorical question about how many temporary transmission towers there are currently in Australia?
Seven transmission towers collapse near Broken Hill overnight
ABC Broken Hill has reported that seven transmission towers collapsed south of the town overnight due to strong winds and hail.
So long solo solar, and hi hybrids?
A summary of the key challenges facing standalone solar and wind farms over the past several years, along with discussion and thoughts about whether new rules surrounding hybrids...
Several spurts of price volatility in South Australia on Tue 24th of September 2024
Several isolated price spikes have occurred in SA late this afternoon.
Ninth time is the charm: Callide C4’s return was another example of an overly optimistic timeline in the NEM
A chart showing the countdown to expected RTS for Callide C4, compared to the actual outage timeline.
AEMO forecasting an LOR2 condition for SA tomorrow evening September 10th, 2024
A quick look at our forecast convergence widget, with the AEMO currently forecasting an LOR2 in SA tomorrow evening.
AEMO ends ‘East Coast Gas System Risk or Threat Notice’
This morning the AEMO revoked its gas supply warning notice that was issued in mid-June.
What the last twenty years of the ESOO tells us about blackout predictions
After skimming through the last twenty editions of the ESOO over the past couple of days, Dan shares some thoughts about what has and hasn't changed over the...
How rare are simultaneous price spikes in all five NEM regions, like what we saw last night?
A short examination of some of the over-arching factors at play yesterday evening - where prices spiked above $3,000/MWh in all five regions simultaneously.
Rare NEM-wide price spikes on Monday July 29th 2024
Already this evening we’ve seen a rare occurrence of price spikes in all five NEM regions simultaneously.